International Research
More of the same, or radical change?
The EU’s Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development (GAP) runs to December 2015 and discussions on what its successor should comprise are underway. Our latest paper, More of the same, or radical change? Options for the successor to the EU’s…
Read moreOur Collective Interest: Why Europe’s problems need global solutions and global problems need European action
As the new EU leadership team prepares to take office in Brussels, we’ve joined forces with our partners in the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) with our latest publication: ‘Our Collective Interest: Why Europe’s problems need global solutions and global problems need…
Read moreEU Development Cooperation in fragile states: Challenges and Opportunities
Our latest study, undertaken for the European Parliament’s Committee on Development, analyses the strengths and weaknesses of current EU engagement in fragile states, in particular its support to conflict prevention and periods of transition, within the broader international context. It examines the limitations of…
Read moreWhat future for EU development cooperation in middle-income countries?
The European Commission proposed policy of ‘differentiation’ aims to recalibrate aid and development cooperation in middle-income countries. The policy responds directly to recent changes in global poverty and wealth patterns, economic flows and geopolitical realities. In an increasingly heterogeneous development landscape, the EU…
Read moreImplementing the European Union gender action plan : challenges and opportunities
The EU first articulated its policy commitment to gender equality in development cooperation in 1995, following the Beijing UN Women’s Conference, and has redefined it several times since. A growing awareness of the gap between EU policy and practice on gender equality…
Read moreGlobal problems need global solutions: The EU and global public goods
Over the last decade, development cooperation has evolved to such an extent that we are now entering ‘a new age of global development’, characterised by an emphasis on global public goods (GPGs). The increasingly global nature of development challenges clearly indicates…
Read moreODI submits opinion to the Commission’s consultation on inclusive growth
ODI today submitted their response to the European Commission’s Green Paper on ‘EU Development Policy in Support of Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’ There is much to welcome in the EU’s Green Paper on EU development policy. The emphasis on the…
Read morePost-2015 and Beijing+20: Women’s economic empowerment and sustanable development – the synthesis for success
The high-level event on women’s empowerment and sustainable development took place in Riga, Latvia, on 2 March. The event was jointly hosted by the European Commission and the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of the European Year for Development. It aimed to identify…
Read moreChallenges to a comprehensive EU migration and asylum policy
Aman gazes towards Kawergosk refugee camp, Erbil governorate, Kurdistan region of Iraq. Photo credit: EU/ECHO/Caroline Gluck Labelled as Europe’s biggest challenge, the Syrian refugee crisis has revealed severe gaps in Europe’s response to collective problems. The ODI research report Challenges to a…
Read moreClimate change: the European Union towards COP21 and beyond
Developing countries need a robust deal at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris, as well as an ambitious action plan to ramp up action afterwards. The EU can help finalise the deal by offering more in the…
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