Building democracy from below in Uganda
4 March 2015 As much ESID research further attests, despite the widespread adoption of democratic institutions and increased economic growth
Undertaking PSR research in Uganda
2 March 2015 By Badru Bukenya. Research projects that rely on elite/expert interviews with government bureaucrats and politicians are quite
Understanding the politics of inequality
23 February 2015 By Sam Hickey, Sophie King and Sarah Hunt History has much to tell us about the politics of inequality, but
Why such a commitment to public sector reform in Rwanda?
By Dr Benjamin Chemouni 17 February 2015 The case of public sector reforms in Rwanda is apparently exceptional. As mentioned
The “nature” of political settlements: extractive industries and the politics of inclusive development
03 February 2015 By Anthony Bebbington Clark University, University of Manchester As a geographer, the idea that the relationships between
What comes after all the shouting about politics and aid?
3 February 2015 By Pablo Yanguas. Last week DFID's research team hosted representatives from four research programme consortia on development,
Is NREGA reaching its end?
19 January 2015 [29 December 2014, original post]. By Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay. Is the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Paths to development: Is there a Bangladesh surprise?
15 January 2015 [5 December 2014 original post]. By Niaz Asadullah and Antonio Savoia. Bangladesh’s economy has recorded remarkable economic
Researching the politics of public sector reforms in Malawi
15 January 2015. By Henry Chingaipe. The Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Programme has commissioned a multi-country study
The Politics of Inclusive Development: Interrogating the Evidence
13 January 2015. Among those engaged in policy and planning of development, there is growing recognition that politics and institutions
Working with the grain: Brian Levy's visit to Manchester
21 November 2014 ESID and Brooks World Poverty Institute are hosting Brian Levy, professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS and the
What does ESID’s new gendered political settlements framework offer feminist analysis?
7 November 2014 By Sophie King. Political settlements analysis has been largely gender blind and, as Professor Sylvia Tamale noted at a
Doing Development Differently: The future is now-ish
7 November 2014 By Pablo Yanguas. Two weeks ago Harvard Kennedy School and ODI co-hosted a very particular kind of
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM): Lessons learnt
5 November 2014. By Sundar Burra. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), articulated in 2005-06 with a budget
Politically-informed aid: Video and tweets from the New Directions in Governance conference
10 October 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. Last month I was delighted to participate in a conference on "New Directions in
Post-conflict inclusion and elite pacts in Solomon Islands
8 October 2014. ESID's latest working paper explores how exclusive pacts become wider political settlements, using the recent post-conflict history
The political settlement and economic growth in Cambodia
25 September 2014 By Kate Pruce. This ESID working paper, authored by Tim Kelsall and Seiha Heng, examines Cambodia's growth
The reality of the zero-aid budget in Malawi
24 September 2014 By Blessings Chinsinga. The new government of Malawi that was ushered into power following the 20 May
Regional inequality and spending on education in Ghana: A political settlements approach
15 September 2014 By Pablo Yanguas. ESID's latest working paper investigates why some of Ghana's regions have had greater access
60 second snippets: Making your research go further
27 Aug 2014 By Kate Pruce. Making your research go further: Considering impact Research in the sector of international development
Political settlements applied to urban development: 5 key questions
15 August 2014 By Kate Pruce and Pablo Yanguas. In July ESID hosted a small research workshop devoted to the
Ghana’s political settlement undermines prospects for economic transformation
13 August 2014. By Kojo Pumpuni Asante, Franklin Oduro & Awal Mohammed. On 1st August 2014, the Government of Ghana