abstract:The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is an independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Based in London, its mission is "to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.
Countries without social-protection systems, argues Simon Maxwell of Britain's OverseasDevelopmentInstitute, will depend on food aid, food-for-work and cash-for-work programmes and it is not clear how quickly these can be scaled up.