The Belt and Road and Chinese enterprises in Ethiopia: risks and opportunities for development
China’s BRI can open up new opportunities for economic development in Ethiopia, but becoming overly reliant and debt sustainability also pose risks.
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Migrant key workers data viz
As the world begins to reopen, our newly updated data visualisation documents how migrants will continue to play a vital role in filling labour gaps during the Covid-19 recovery and beyond.
Our new strategy
ODI will evolve to make the focus on equity, inclusive growth, social justice and sustainability even more central to what we do.
ODI on Climate change
Getting down to the business of 'nature'
The recently launched Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) can incentivise the financial sector to shift towards nature-positive investments, but change must be driven from both public and private sectors.
Towards sustained development in Small Island Developing States: why we need to reshape global governance
Transformational change case study | Mexico: the contribution of the Forest Investment Program to forest and climate goals
Disasters by design: the need for actionable risk management
Current extreme weather events in Europe highlight the importance of having an effective early warning system in place.
Five priorities as the new Emergency Relief Coordinator steps into his role
How the UN’s next humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths can make a difference to the lives of people living in crisis.
Sustaining development in Small Island Developing States: a reform agenda
In Publications
Intersecting barriers to adolescents’ educational access during COVID-19: Exploring the role of gender, disability and poverty
‘The School Was Closed, So When They Brought Me A Husband I Couldn’t Say No’: Exploring the Gendered Experiences of Child Marriage Amongst Adolescent Girls and Boys in Ethiopia
ODI on COVID-19
Covid-19 and food security: novel pathways and data collection to improve research and monitoring efforts
Public finance and development: top things to read in July
Five priorities as the new Emergency Relief Coordinator steps into his role
How the UN’s next humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths can make a difference to the lives of people living in crisis.
China and global development: 10 things to read in July
Covering research on the Belt and Road Initiative during Covid-19, China’s domestic development in climate and energy, the internationalisation of Chinese NGOs and more.
Local humanitarian action during Covid-19: findings from a diary study
Agency and Empowerment for Adolescent Girls: An Intentional Approach to Policy and Programming
Fellowship scheme
ODI's prestigious Fellowship Scheme gives postgraduate economists and statisticians the chance to work in developing country public sectors as local civil servants on two-year contracts.