Fwd: ODI Newsletter on armed groups, Gaza, public finances and more

	Overseas Development Institute (ODI) newsletter 7 August 2014

	Read what the Taliban and Al-Shabaab think of aid workers
	New research based on interviews with members of armed groups
	Humanitarian agencies often have to negotiate access to conflict zones. This ODI briefing reveals how armed groups in Somalia and Afghanistan perceive outside aid workers. Read the briefing

	Turning public funds into goods and services Our new report, with Harvard University, looks at whether poor nations have good enough money management systems to hit targets for things like health, education and welfare. Read the report   The west must stand up for the rights of Gaza's children ODI Executive Director Kevin Watkins says the carnage in Gaza has called into question the commitment of western governments to a raft of human rights provisions for children. Read Kevin's blog and the comments

	Mongolian school progress makes headlines worldwide Upworthy - the globe's fastest growing media website - used some captivating pictures of nomads in Mongolia to illustrate an ODI report on education progress in the nation. See the pictures and read the research   Finding the cash to fight global poverty after 2015 New worldwide development goals are due to be agreed next year. This series of blogs looks at the best ways to make sure someone agrees to pay to make the dreams a reality. Read the blogs

	EVENTS

Forthcoming events Aid in danger: violence against aid workers and the future of humanitarianism 19 August 2014 14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+01 (BST)) Global value chains in Asia: is everyone benefiting? 5 September 2014 10:30 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST)) Tackling trade-offs in the food-water-energy nexus: lessons for the SDGs 11 September 2014 10:30 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST)) Agricultural policy processes in Africa 24 September 2014 09:30 - 17:00 (GMT+01 (BST)) Senior leadership programme on risk management and disaster response 13 October Beijing Professional course on disaster management in Asia and the Pacific 16 October Beijing Finding 'evidence' for what works in security and justice programming 20 October 2014 17:00 - 19:00 (GMT+01 (BST)) The 2014 CAPE conference: Does money matter? The role of finance in supporting the sustainable development goals 12 - 13 November 2014   Recent events on video Are we getting things done? Rethinking operational leadership Businesses and the future of humanitarian action Can aid donors help support LGBT rights in developing countries? Don't forget - many of our events are streamed online at odi.org

	RESOURCES

Publications Briefing papers Fossil fuel subsidies in developing countries Negotiating perceptions: Al-Shabaab and Taliban views of aid agencies Research reports Social protection and growth: research synthesis Humanitarian trends and trajectories to 2030: North and South-East Asia Review of literature on finance and policy interventions that support the environmental dimension of sustainable development Toolkits   Guidance note for DFID: Exploiting the synergies between social protection and economic development Working papers Surveying livelihoods service delivery and governance - baseline evidence from Nepal Incredible budgets - budget credibility in theory and practice Social protection and growth   Blockages to preventing malnutrition in Kambia, Sierra Leone: a semi-quantitative causal analysis Global Partnership for Post-MDGs and Resource Mobilisation This is PFM   Opinion We should defend the rights of Gaza's children Kevin Watkins No development unless somebody pays Jonathan Glennie Indonesian climate change efforts at stake Aidy Halimanjaya BRICS development bank, too good to be true? Zhenbo Hou IN THE MEDIA Ebola discussion BBC Radio 4 - 2 August 2014   How bad is the Ebola outbreak? Channel 5 News - 30 July 2014 Zaatari Syrian refugee camp fertile ground for small businesses BBC online - 30 July 2014  Cultural differences complicate Ebola treatment in West Africa Global Post - 29 July 2014 Here's what can happen when a country really makes education a national priority Upworthy - 24 July 2014

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