Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
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| Contact details | Overseas Development Institute 111 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7JD UK Tel:+44 (0)20 7922 0300 Fax:+44 (0)20 7922 0399 |
| Type of organisation | Environment-Development Institution |
| Organisation's interest | Development |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Learning Group member? | No |
Description
ODI is Britain's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues. ODI's 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. ODI does this by locking together high-quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. ODI works with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries.
Projects
1. ODI's Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme aims to improve the use of research and evidence in development policy and practice through research, advice and debate. Among the projects carried out within this programme are the following:
- Pro-poor Livestock Policy Research: A collaborative project with ILRI to to identify and institutionalise innovative research and development mechanisms and approaches that lead to pro-poor policy outcomes;
- Strategic Programme for Information on Sustainable Livelihoods: A six month project to help FAO develop a strategic programme to improve the effectiveness of FAO's information systems in influencing poor people's livelihoods.
(http://www.odi.org.uk/RAPID/Index.html
2. Water Policy Programme (WPP): Established in 2001, the WPP’s mission is to improve poverty reduction and social development through better water sector policy, programmes and projects. Among the projects carried out within this programme are the following:
- SecureWater: Building sustainable livelihoods for the poor into demand responsive approaches;
- Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa - Institutions, Governance and Policy Processes, Regional Water theme lead in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique.
3. ODI Forest Policy and Environment Programme (FPEP): FPEP seeks to inform the processes of policy change in tropical forestry in ways which improve the livelihoods and well-being of the forest-dependent poor, whilst also securing the long-term future of forest resources. Among the projects carried out within this programme are the following:
- Action Research on the Poverty Impacts of Participatory Forest Management (ARPIP): The overall objective of the proposed action research is to make participatory forest management (PFM) approaches more “pro-poor”;
- Governance and Poverty Impacts of the Illegal Timber Trade in Central America;
- Wild Meat, Livelihoods Security and Conservation in the Tropics: This project is funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, and will research the human and social dimensions of hunting for consumptive use in tropical forests, including bushmeat and the bushmeat trade;
- Sustainable Commercialisation of Non-Timber Forest Products in Highland and Lowland Forest in Mexico and Bolivia.
4. Rural Policy and Governance Group (RPGG) - Pro-Poor Growth and Livelihoods Security: RPGG's work on economic growth compares the growth which can be achieved in different natural resource-based sectors, including tourism. Among the projects carried out within this programme are the following:
- Productive Strategies and Empowerment of Poor Rural Families to Participate Successfully in Global Markets;
- Livelihood Options;
- Ghana Northern Regional Growth Study;
- Linkages between Social Protection and Agricultural Growth.
5. Rural Policy and Governance Group (RPGG) - Natural Resources and Sustainable Development: The concern with economic growth needs balancing with environmental sustainability. The group researches the policy implications of achieving such balances through on-farm bio-diversity, the regulation of intellectual property rights, community forestry and wildlife management. Among the projects carried out within this programme are the following:
- Future Agricultures Consortium;
- Future of small farms;
- Options for Supporting On-farm Conservation in Eastern and Southern Africa;
- Human and Social Capital in the Diffusion of Low External Input Agriculture.
6. Rural Policy and Governance Group (RPGG)- Pro-Poor Tourism: ODI’s work in tourism promotes an approach that puts poverty at the heart of the tourism debate by focusing on how tourism can enhance the livelihoods of the poor. This approach seeks to apply the principles of 'pro-poor growth' to the tourism sector. Among the projects carried out within this programme are the following:
- Stimulating pro-poor linkages between the tourism industry and local people in the Dominican Republic and the wider Caribbean;
- Pro-Poor Tourism Pilots in Southern Africa;
Web URL
http://www.odi.org.uk
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- Local Economic Incentives for Sustainable Forestry: Trees as Out-grower Crops for Forest Industries - the Challenge of Conservation (Biblio B0047)
- Pro-Poor Tourism Strategies: Making Tourism Work for the Poor (Biblio B0049)
- International Conservation Treaties, Poverty and Development: The Case of CITES (Biblio B0227)
- Participatory Watershed Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century (Biblio B0351)
- The Role of Community in Natural Resource Management: Collective Action and Fisheries Conservation in Thailand (Biblio B0503)
- In the Eyes of the State: Negotiating a "Rights-Based Approach" to Forest Conservation in Thailand (Biblio B0505)
- Women, Forests and Markets: Researching Poverty Alleviation Through Commercialisation of Forest Resources in Mexico and Bolivia. (Biblio B0590)
- Pursuing the 'D' in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (Biblio B0823)
- Conflict Management in Community-Based Natural Resource Projects: Experiences from Fiji and Papua New Guinea (Biblio B0945)
- Commercialiser les Fruits Locaux pour Reduire la Pauvrete. (Commercialising Indigenous Fruit for Poverty Alleviation) (Biblio B1168)
- Reconciling Interests among Wildlife, Livestock and People in Eastern Africa: A Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (Biblio B1348)
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- Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Incompatible Objectives? (Biblio B1358)
- Biodiversity Management and Local Livelihoods: Rio Plus 10 (Biblio B1366)
- What's Special About Wildlife Management In Forests? Concepts And Models Of Rights-Based Management, With Recent Evidence From West-Central Africa (Biblio B1367)
- Community Forestry: Facing up to the Challenge in Cameroon (Biblio B1369)
- Watershed Management and Poverty: Time for a Rethink? (Biblio B1377)
- Developing Methodologies for Livelihood Impact Assessment: Experience of the African Wildlife Foundation in East Africa (Biblio B1448)
- Handbook for Assessing the Economic and Livelihood Impacts of Wildlife Enterprises (Biblio B1449)
- Bushmeat and Livelihoods: Wildlife Management and Poverty Reduction (Biblio B1530)
- Commercialisation of Non-timber Forest Products: A Reality Check (Biblio B1536)
- Making Voluntary Carbon Markets Work for the Poor: The Case of Forestry Offsets (Biblio B1579)
- Can Payments for Avoided Deforestation to Tackle Climate Change also Benefit the Poor? (Biblio B1580)
- Poverty-Forest Linkages Toolkit (Initiative I0030)
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