Overseas Development Institute
latest news & developmentsFossil fuel support lands SA in the G20 dog box
South Africa has been ranked the second worst performer of the G20 non-OECD member countries, behind Saudi Arabia, for its lack of transparency and continued support for fossil…
Get cash out to the poorest now
People know what they need to buy, the payments can piggyback on the Sassa system and the money will help prevent people from falling further into long-term poverty
Ramaphosa failed to offer us any real Sona power
This last Sona has been widely criticised for, among other things, lacking precision and detail
Remittance ‘super tax’ costs Africa $1.8bn a year
Africans pay some of the highest charges in the world for interational money transfers – in sub-Saharan Africa it’s almost double the global average.
Africa needs stronger Parliaments to monitor aid
Britain and other Western donors need to spend money on strengthening African Parliaments to ensure they can hold governments to account for how aid is being spent, a group of…