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Why the crisis in global aid is bigger than Trump | ODI: Think change

Feb 19, 2025 | odi.org

No sooner was he sworn in than Donald Trump, in a series of ‘executive orders’ and memos, unleashed pandemonium in the global aid order by demanding the realignment of all US foreign development assistance and cooperation efforts with his government’s ‘America First’ mission.
Making vulnerability analysis useful for humanitarian response: lessons from Somalia and Ukraine | ODI: Think change

Feb 5, 2025 | odi.org

Many humanitarian agencies are grappling with the challenges of measuring vulnerability, which is seen as a key to successful targeting and to ensuring more inclusive responses. This paper reviews approaches being developed in Somalia and Ukraine to assess how to develop a tool with global application.
A humanitarian trap? Navigating neutrality, relief and rights in Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria and Guatemala | ODI: Think change

Jan 29, 2025 | odi.org

This scoping study examines the ever present but intensifying tensions between the provision of humanitarian relief and advancement of rights in four country case studies: Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria and Guatemala.
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.
Narratives and the Ukraine response: implications for humanitarian action and principles | ODI: Think change

Nov 8, 2024 | odi.org

This paper is the culmination of a project – in partnership with Open Space Works Ukraine and Migration Consortium in Poland, and supported by the British Red Cross – that examines the role played by narratives in driving policy decisions in relation to the humanitarian response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The environmental risks of generative AI: why better global governance is urgently needed | ODI: Think change

Nov 7, 2024 | odi.org

At at time when reducing energy consumption is vital, including to meet the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive targets, this ODI Europe expert comment addresses the rising energy consumption of data centres, largely caused by generative AI. It highlights the role of global policy responses and makes policy proposals to address these issues.
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.