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The Chinese digital platforms reshaping garment manufacturing | ODI: Think change

Jan 7, 2025 | odi.org

Chinese digital platforms like Shein are revolutionising garment manufacturing with data-driven supply chains. This model prioritises speed and flexibility, leveraging China's extensive network of small factories. While offering potential benefits for low-income countries, it also presents challenges in terms of infrastructure and competition.
Learning lessons the hard way: Hungary, immigration and competitiveness | ODI: Think change

Dec 5, 2024 | odi.org

The political rhetoric advanced by Orbán’s government has been extremely hostile, racist and Islamophobic, with the government deliberately linking immigration with terrorism and framing migrants as a threat to Hungarians' way of life.
Women in the European Parliament: signs of gender equality regression | ODI: Think change

Nov 21, 2024 | odi.org

This ODI insight piece assesses the gender composition of the European Parliament that was sworn in in 2024. It gives evidence of a regression in women's participation and influence in the European Parliament as well as the rise in the number of MEPs from far-right parties that threatens gender equality policies.
Protecting hard-won rights: gender and climate action at COP29 | ODI: Think change

Nov 21, 2024 | odi.org

Just 9 female speakers out of 77 took the global stage at the opening of COP29. The misbalance in the annual ‘family’ photo of the climate gathering has become an all too familiar sight.
Think Change episode 57: is social media’s hate problem beyond repair?

Oct 29, 2024 | odi.org | Sara Pantuliano |Nanjala Nyabola |Sandra Pepera

In the wake of our decision at ODI to suspend all activity on X (formerly Twitter), this episode examines the polarisation and hate we are witnessing in today’s social media landscape and what is driving it. Since Elon Musk took ownership of X two years ago there has been a rise of hate speech, mis- and disinformation on the platform. The UK riots, which we dissected in a recent episode, are a case in point.
Climate change, conflict and fragility: a recipe for disasters

Oct 24, 2024 | odi.org | Manisha Shetty Gulati |Yue Cao |Amir Khouzam |Mauricio Vázquez

In 2022, fragile and conflict-affected countries received only one quarter of the climate finance they need. In the coming months, we must see a meaningful shift towards closing this gap. What is common to Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen? Besides being classified as fragile and conflict-affected situations, they are among the 25 countries which are most vulnerable to climate change and which have the lowest capacity to adapt to and cope with climate shocks.
The unfinished business of MDB capital adequacy

Oct 23, 2024 | odi.org | Chris Humphrey

The financial capacity of the World Bank and the other major multilateral development banks will be central to conversations this week at the Annual Meetings in Washington, on how to meet global development and climate investment needs. A key driver of these debates is the recommendations of the G20 MDB Capital Adequacy Framework (CAF) review of 2022. MDBs have collectively generated $300bn-$400bn in additional lending capacity over the coming decade, through CAF reforms.
MDB Insights: 2024 Annual Meetings

Oct 17, 2024 | odi.org | Annalisa Prizzon

This article is an adapted version of ODI's MDB Insights newsletter. Interested in development finance and the MDB reform agenda? Sign up to MDB Insights to hear more from Annalisa. Hello and welcome back to MDB Insights – the newsletter which rounds up ODI’s latest ideas, analysis and events about multilateral development bank (MDB) reform, and other related pressing development finance issues.
Managing anti-immigration populism

Oct 16, 2024 | odi.org | Vince Cable

Politics and immigration have become a toxic mix. Throughout the Western world we have seen ‘populist’ protest expressed through the ballot box or on the streets. There is one common element: hostility towards immigration in general and towards racialised communities. Policy-making and political narratives too have become increasingly restrictive and hostile.
Reforming MDBs: we have the solutions, now we need sustained leadership

Oct 16, 2024 | odi.org | Annalisa Prizzon |Mandeep Bains

The challenges for development seem to be as large as ever. Progress has been reversed in several areas due to the polycrisis of recent years, including COVID-19, conflicts, disasters, debt distress and food insecurity. The Sustainable Development Goals are badly off track. And all this is happening while the window for climate action is closing.