The UK’s decision to increase defence spending and forsake foreign aid caught most officials flat-footed. Few countries have articulated such a direct trade off before between these two areas of public spending. As a follow up to our series on aid and defence spending, Nilima Gulrajani and Jessica Pudussery highlight the perils and pitfalls of this move: ⚠️ Global influence will be lost. Aid builds alliances; cutting it weakens the UK's soft power. ⚠️ It creates a different set security threats. Growing defence spending at the cost of foreign aid changes the nature of the UK’s vulnerabilities and comes with new risks. ⚠️ It sets a precedent that sinks global cooperation. Other nations may follow, tipping today's rules-based international system closer to collapse. As the blog explains, defence and development cooperation are both key to advancing national strategic interests. #UKAid #AidCuts #Defence #DefenceSpending #NATO
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New estimates from the ODI Global Risks and Resilience team reveal how even the most ambitious scenarios for increased climate finance to the world's most climate-vulnerable countries fall far short of what is needed – but there are still reasons to hope. Read more in a new blog by our Research Associate Yue Cao: https://lnkd.in/eeUf6Stf 🔗 #ClimateFinance #Fragility #ClimateSecurity #ClimateResilience #NCQG
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Mark your calendars! Our Visiting Senior Fellow Bright Simons is among the panellists speaking at next month's Development Studies Association webinar on what's next for our broken aid system. Find out more and register to join the discussion on 8 April ⬇️
“Can development remake itself for today’s world? To do so, it must shed its colonial baggage, embrace diverse voices and prioritise genuine sustainability." writes Peter Sutoris in the forthcoming book with Uma Pradhan on reimagining development. "Imagining a better future is at the heart of development. But mainstream development models are driven by a very narrow, Western-centric set of ideas. What could be possible if we let ourselves imagine differently?" We think this sets the scene for a frank discussion about re-imagining a better aid system on 8 April: 8am New York / 1pm London. Registration is open to all (link in comments) Joining us will be: Taah Abongnelaa Divine Fuh who has previously spoken on the need for decolonisation of systems, and has called on us to critique and contest the status quo so we do not reproduce injustices. Nicola Banks who observes that the current aid system wrongly presumes that long term development can be achieved through the culmination of short term projects. But this is a fantasy, especially in a system that lets Northern actors (donors and INGOs) call the shots on development priorities, she says. Bright Simons who writes about an infirm global aid system that is refusing to die, and a robust alternative refusing to be born. He reminds us that the rising geo-economic powers have no interest in sustaining the classical aid paradigm. And that cheering on the emergence of a new aid system won’t help aid-dependent countries if civil society isn’t involved in accountability of such systems. Susan M. (Sue) Roberts whose research with Unlock Aid found that nine out of every $10 spent by the US government is awarded to large contracting firms in the US, meaning there is a long and often untransparent pipeline of the money before it reaches the countries and communities it sets out to help. Nick Jepson who observes that while many say China may step in to fill the shortfall, in pursuit of greater influence - domestic pressures and differences in approach and capacity mean it’s unlikely to simply replace lost aid provision from the west. Find out more about what our panel have to say and contribute to the discussion. Tell us in the comments what alternatives, viewpoints, research and issues we should be amplifying at this critical time. Register: https://bit.ly/whatnextaid
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📣 We're heading to Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks! (#HNPW) This year, HPG and the Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) are hosting and taking part in a number of events at HNPW, to unpack the increasingly pressing issues that are currently challenging our sector. Join us online* for the following discussions: 📖 Thursday 20 March – Launching the 86th issue of the Humanitarian Exchange magazine: Lessons from climate-related programming 💵 Wednesday 26 March – Cash-based livelihoods interventions: a tool for durable solutions programming 🌎 Wednesday 26 March – Human mobility in the face of climate crisis: context, challenges and the role of diaspora in solutions 🇵🇸 Wednesday 26 March – Neutrality in humanitarianism: what can we learn from Gaza? 💡 Thursday 27 March – Accountability in action: exploring the need for effective feedback loops in humanitarian research 🇺🇦 Thursday 27 March – The impact of narratives on localisation approaches during the Ukraine War Tap 'View event' below for more information and to secure your spot 🎟️ #HumanitarianResponse #ClimateCrisis #Livelihoods #HumanMobility #Accountability #AAP #UkraineWar #HNPW25 *Some events accept in-person attendance in Geneva, Switzerland to those eligible.
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📊 TaxDev and the Tax Policy Unit (TPU) at the Ministry of Finance Ghana are working together to improve tax policy analysis. 🗣️ In the second of a three video mini-series, Benjamin Chackson from the TPU discusses our joint work building a customs model to support analysis of customs tax reforms. ODI Global | Institute For Fiscal Studies | #Tax4Dev |
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Join the conversation ahead of today's public finance webinar! 📣 Coming up at 13:00 GMT: we'll hear experts discuss how French-inspired public finance systems shape fiscal policy and reform, especially in francophone Africa. Featuring Nicolas Botton (ODI Global), Bacari Kone (Former Malian Minister of Finance), Claude Wendling (International Monetary Fund and Rodrigue Chaou (Ministry of Economy and Finance, Benin) Sign up and watch live online, with simultaneous French/English translation: https://lnkd.in/eNVUuNEw 🔗 #PublicFinance #PublicFinancialManagement #PFM
📢 How do governments navigate budgeting in times of crisis? Budgeting decisions shape economies, yet governments face major challenges—balancing priorities, using evidence, and ensuring transparency. We’re running polls to explore key risks and challenges in budgeting. Vote now and join us in ODI Global as we discuss these themes in two upcoming webinars: 🔹 Lessons or Cautionary Tales? French Budgeting Systems in Perspective 🇫🇷 📅 March 17 🔗 Register https://lnkd.in/gqZnaD-v 🔹 The Role of Evidence in Latin America’s Budget Cycle and Crisis Response 📅 March 31 🔗 Register https://lnkd.in/gk-dJw3K 📊 Vote in our polls and join the conversation! #PublicFinance #Budgeting #EvidenceBasedPolicy
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Applications are now open for the 2025 ODI Fellowship Scheme! ✨ Are you a young professional looking to make an impact? This is a fantastic opportunity for postgraduate economists or statisticians to gain hands-on experience as a civil servant, working with partner governments across the world. For over 60 years, the ODI Fellowship Scheme has embedded more than 1,300 young professionals in government agencies across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Western Balkans. Interested in applying? Find out more about the scheme and how to apply: https://buff.ly/g26mgOf
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"The established consensus that ‘immigration is good for the economy’ is colliding with strong political reactions." In light of a rise in populist politics and anti-immigration protest in the UK, a new working paper by our Distinguished Fellow Vince Cable explores the underlying drivers – and how policy-makers are managing these tensions. #Immigration #UKPolitics
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Multilateralism is in crisis. The world is shifting toward a more regionally driven order, where power and security are dictated by strength rather than law. 🚨 This has been made strikingly clear by recent events in the US. Once a cornerstone of the rules-based order, the US now clearly sees global cooperation in transactional terms – as a business not a shared responsibility. This shift has created uncertainty and left a vacuum. From Africa to Asia, nations are adapting. Some are welcoming a less interventionist US, others are seizing opportunities in a lawless landscape. A new episode of Think Change examines what's at stake for multilateralism as this new global order unravels. Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, an advisor for the Bretton Woods at 80 initiative, Brazil's Ambassador to the UK Antônio Patriota, and our Research Fellow Yunnan Chen join our Chief Executive Sara Pantuliano to take stock of today's fast-changing landscape. The conversation covers the role of China, ideas for reinventing multilateralism, the significance of next year’s UN Secretary-General election, and more. Listen here, or find Think Change on your preferred podcast app: https://lnkd.in/eukBzsHD 🎧 #ThinkChangePodcast #Multilateralism #Geopolitics
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In a world defined by rapid change and uncertainty, the UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy underscored a stark reality in his Locarno Speech in January: “We must take the world as it is. Not as we wish it to be.” At ODI Global, we recognise the need to navigate this evolving landscape with open dialogue and diverse perspectives. That’s why we are launching a series of blogs featuring thought leaders from different backgrounds, each offering unique insights into today’s global challenges. The objective is not to provide definitive answers or exhaustive analysis. Instead, we want to foster debate, bridge the gap between different audiences, and share ideas across borders – connecting the global and the local in new and meaningful ways. First up in the series – just published ahead of the Ninth Brussels Conference next week on 'Standing with Syria', Haneen Ghali, an international criminal law practitioner at the International Criminal Court, gives her perspective on accountability in Syria. #Syria #StandWithSyria #Accountability #Justice