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12 April 2024

Expanding horizons: the role of digital methods in development research

From profiling political emotions to putting a value on intellectual property, emergent digital research tools offer unprecedented insights and potential to support global development.

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27 March 2024

Tackling grand challenges through corporate social innovation: lessons from the pandemic

Analysis of corporate social innovation initiatives in developing countries during the Covid-19 pandemic identifies essential mechanisms through which firms can help address leading social challenges.

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29 March 2023

Investing in human capital for post-COVID economic recovery

New modelling explores the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the COVID pandemic in low-income countries and shows the need for significant and sustained concessional external financing to reverse loss-of-learning effects on labour productivity.

19 January 2023

What's next? ODID research on global issues: inequality

Watch the first in a new series of videos exploring the impact of the COVID pandemic and its aftermath on global issues, and how this is shaping research in development studies.