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Better aid modalities: are we risking real results?- Bibliography and literature reviews
This literature review examines six research topics which explore ways to improve the effectiveness of aid modalities. Drawing on the discussions and comments at ODI's 2011 meeting series on the future of budget support, six topics for research to improve
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A need for greater focus and sustained funding. Social protection and child malnutrition in Afghanistan
Over the past decade Afghanistan has made tangible progress towards its social and development objectives and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Infant and under-five mortality have gone down from 111 and 161 per thousand live births in 2008
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One year on- Delivering on the promise of vaccines for all
On 13 June 2011, at a vaccine summit, hosted by the UK government, the world committed US$4.3 billion to immunise 250 million children and save 3.9 million lives. This was one of the most significant breakthroughs in the fight against child deaths in rece
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Making Education Aid more effective: Monitoring Exercise on Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector
The GPE Report Making Education Aid More Effective: 2011 Monitoring Exercise on Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector presents findings of a 2010/1011 survey monitoring exercise. It looks at how development actors work together and coordinate the use
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The Hidden Crisis: Education and Armed Conflict
The 2011 Global Monitoring Report (GMR) on ‘The Hidden Crisis: Education and armed conflict’ clearly states that if the international community does not act now, there could be more children out of school in 2015 than there are today.Save the Children wel
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Child protection systems: Mapping and assessing Eastern and Southern Africa
This report outlines the global context that the Eastern and South Africa Regions (ESAR) is operating in with respect to child protection. It highlights the programming that has been undertaken to date on child protection systems, outlines lessons learned
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System failure? Revisiting the problems of timely response to crises in the Horn of Africa
Humanitarian response in pastoral areas in the Horn of Africa has consistently been late, despite an enormous investment in early warning. Attempts to improve early response focus on improving the performance of one or two actors, or introducing new tools
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Good Practice Review: Cash transfer programming in emergencies
One of the more exciting innovations in the response to humanitarian crises of recent years has been the use of cash. Across the humanitarian sector there is growing recognition that cash and voucher transfers can support people affected by disasters in w
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Vaccines For All. Help save 4 million children's lives by 2015
Nearly two million children still die from vaccine-preventable diseases each year. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) leads worldwide efforts to improve access to vaccines. It aims to immunise 243 million children by 2015 and save fo
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Mapping and analysis of the child protection system in Sierra Leone
This mapping and assessment of the child protection system in Sierra Leone is part of a wider West and Central African regional initiative and has been supported financially and technically by a regional reference group composed by Plan International, Sav
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Invest in communities to stop AIDS: Don't stop now
As major scientific breakthroughs offer a real possibility of ending AIDS in a generation, there are signs that the international donor community could be taking its foot off the pedal right at the time when it is possible to accelerate progress. The timi
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The Economics of Early Response and Disaster Resilience: Lessons from Kenya and Ethiopia
In 2010 natural disasters affected more than 217 million people, killed more than 297,000 people and caused $123.9 billion in economic damages. The types, dimensions, and dynamics of humanitarian crises are further increasing, in some cases exponentially.