ODI [to 23 May 2015]
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Building adaptive water resources management in Ethiopia
Research reports and studies | May 2015 |
Beatrice Mosello, Roger Calow, Josephine Tucker, Helen Parker, Tena Alamirew, Seifu Kebede, Tesfay Alemseged, Assefa Gudina
What does it take to build adaptive water resources management in Ethiopia: a country experiencing fast economic growth, widespread social and political transformation, and impacts of climate change? This study reports on the current institutional system for water…

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Speaking truth to power: why energy distribution, more than generation, is Africa’s poverty reduction challenge
Working and discussion papers | May 2015 |
James Ryan Hogarth; Ilmi Granoff
This paper revisits the roles that energy plays in poverty reduction.

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The impact of climate change on the achievement of the post-2015 sustainable development goals
Research reports and studies | May 2015 |
Alberto Ansuategi, Valerie Houlden, Anil Markandya, Laura Onofri, Helen Picot, Georgia-Marina Tsarouchi and Nigel Walmsley
This report considers impacts on development over the next 15 years, under two scenarios for the 2015 climate change agreement: a high-ambition agreement and a low-ambition agreement. It looks at associated policies and levels of investment in mitigation and adaptation…

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Doing development differently: breaking the glass ceiling
Articles and blogs | 20 May 2015 |
Leni Wild and David Booth
How we can create a ‘bandwagon effect’ and bring top decision-makers on board with more locally led, politically smart and adaptive development practices