Overseas Development Institute
Name:
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Web address:
http://www.odi.org.uk/
Email:
odi
odi.org.uk
Mailing address:
Overseas Development Institute
111 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7JD
UK
Areas of work: ODI is Britain's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. We do this by locking together high-quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. We work with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries. ODI's work centres on its research and policy groups and programmes:
Humanitarian Policy. The group is one of the world's leading teams of independent researchers and information professionals working on humanitarian policy issues.
Poverty and Public Policy. Our mission is to contribute through research, advice and communication to measures that work effectively towards the goal of eradicating poverty on a global scale. The research spans all aspects of public policy for poverty reduction, including "upstream" policy and management issues and "downstream" analysis of the causes of poverty and social exclusion.
The Rural Policy and Governance Group has prioritised the disaggregated analysis of pro-poor growth and livelihood security, the better engagement of the productive sectors in policy processes, including Poverty Reduction Strategies, and the local, national and international governance and implementation structures to make a reality of environmentally and socially sound policies.
The International Economic Development Group's activities extend beyond economic analysis to include policy advice to developing countries and to the UK Department for International Development, the European Commission and Parliament, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. We work with other economists in Europe and in developing countries. Projects range from multi-year multi-country comparative analysis to studies to answer immediate policy questions.
ODI's Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme works on four main themes: The role of evidence in policy processes; Improved communication and information systems for policy and practice; Better knowledge management and learning for development agencies; Approaches to institutional development for evidence-based policy.
