ODI Global

Great to be back at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference next week, examining digital sovereignty along with a fantastic panel of speakers. Our panel will demystify and try to cut through the noise and hype around 'sovereignty' policies and practices, and work towards articulating a more fair and equitable vision of sovereignty for policymakers, technologists and civil society invested in questions of technology dependencies and value creation. How can policies and practices of 'sovereignty' lead to more equitable and less extractive models for the Global South's information economies? What does international cooperation on technology and information governance look like after the turn to 'sovereignty'? What role does, and should, 'digital public infrastructure' play in challenging or reinforcing systems of power and distribution of value in the information society? These are the questions driving our work on digital sovereignty at ODI Global - drop me a line if you're in Brussels and interested in thinking together about this.

Will you be at the Global Sustainable Islands Summit 2026 in Gran Canaria? Join us on Wednesday, April 22 (13:30–14:30, Side Event Room 1) for a panel discussion on leveraging Artificial Intelligence to strengthen climate resilience in Small Island Developing States ( #SIDS ). We'll be bringing together a remarkable group of voices: a diplomat, a development finance leader, and an AI management academic to answer a critical question: can AI tools be responsibly and effectively deployed to help SIDS access climate finance and implement climate adaptation projects? Speakers: 🎙 Tim Hemmings – UK Special Envoy for SIDS, FCDO 🎙 Diego Morris – Assistant Professor & Director, AI in Management MSc, University of Birmingham 🎙 Gene Leon – Executive Director, Development Bank for Resilient Prosperity 🎙 Taniela Siose – Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the UN I'll be moderating the session, which will be grounded in live research from the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) at ODI Global . Come and engage with us. #GSIS2026 #SIDS #ClimateResilience #AI #ClimateFinance #IslandInnovation Island Innovation Dr Diego Morris

Private credit is going through a rough patch in the U.S. There is no reason that this should impact the fledgling development finance private credit (DFPC) asset class--and it would be seriously damaging if it did. In his expert comment, Manfred Schepers explains why DFPC is different and in fact a far more robust investment proposition. We hope to give this visibility at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings next week. https://lnkd.in/dJJsbTgn ODI Global ILX