ODI [to 25 April 2015]
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Press Releases
Shale gas could make China’s growth cleaner, but concerns exist over level of political ambition to phase out coal and meet environmental standards – new report
News | 21 April 2015
A new report published today by the Overseas Development Institute finds shale gas could help green China’s economic growth, reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and air pollution, if used to phase-out coal and aggressively expand renewables…

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Can fracking green China’s growth?
Research reports and studies | April 2015 | Ilmi Granoff; Sam Pickard; Julian Doczi; Roger Calow; Zhenbo Hou; Vanessa D’Alançon
This paper analyses whether shale gas, and by implication other unconventional sources, can materially improve the quality and sustainability of China’s economic growth.

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The role of index-based triggers in social protection shock response
Research reports and studies | April 2015 | Francesca Bastagli and Luke Harman
Index-based trigger mechanisms are an innovative instrument used to help ensure timely and adequate social protection response in the event of a shock. This report identifies the potential advantages and limitations of the inclusion of index-based triggers in social…

Do organisational and political models for development cooperation matter for development effectiveness?
Working and discussion papers | April 2015 | Raphaelle Faure, Cathal Long, Annalisa Prizzon
This paper sets out to investigate the relationship between different institutional and political models for development cooperation and aid quantity and quality indicators.

The development agency of the future. Fit for protracted crises?
Working and discussion papers | April 2015 | Christina Bennett
This report identifies the numerous conceptual, architectural and political divides that prevent effective linkages between humanitarian and development aid.

The road to reform: Women’s political voice in Morocco
Research reports and studies | April 2015 | Clare Castillejo and Helen Tilley
Morocco’s active and effective women’s movement has acquired a progressively greater presence for women in formal politics and the wider civil society. This report explores how excluded and adversely incorporated groups can achieve greater political voice and how this…

The data revolution: finding the missing millions
Research reports and studies | April 2015 | Elizabeth Stuart, Emma Samman, William Avis and Tom Berliner
This report argues that an absence of data is impeding development progress, particularly for the poorest and most marginalised. It sets out the challenges and provides suggested solutions that will allow a data revolution to take place and improve the lives of many of…