Learning from the past: the South Korean case
3 June 2014 By Kate Pruce. Hosted by the Brooks World Poverty Institute, in collaboration with UNRISD and the Korean
Access to independent media as a development goal: can we measure it?
27 May 2014 By Antonio Savoia. This was the key question that emerged at the World Press Freedom Day 2014
Political settlements in post-conflict states: David Craig's lessons from Cambodia and the Pacific
23 May 2014 By Kate Pruce. Current donor approaches to ‘successful transition’ in post-conflict states focus on institutional reforms, with
‘Transformational politics’ in India? Whatever happened to social justice?
15 May 2014. By Indrajit Roy. Political pundits have described the just-concluded elections in India as ‘transformational’. However, none of
Malawi elections: more economic discussion needed
[caption id="attachment_2058" align="alignleft" width="300"] Economist Jonathan Said has been working in Malawi for three years.[/caption] Malawi goes to the polls
What have academics to offer to the challenge of equity, justice and inclusion?
13 May 2014. By Diana Mitlin. After three-and-a-half days of sitting in central Cape Town, what have I learnt about a
“It’s the economy, stupid”: How the poor economic performance of the UPA regime is a key issue in the Indian elections
8 May 2014. By Kunal Sen. (Originally posted on the Ballots & Bullets blog.) Along with corruption, a stagnant economy
Politics in the trenches of development: Mainstreaming political economy analysis in aid agencies
7 May 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. "Politics matters for development". From project officers all the way up to the heads
Cape Town post-mortem: 6 things I learned about ESID
6 May 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. I have been working as part of ESID for a little over 15 months
Cape Town Live Blog: Day Four – Poverty's voice
1 May 2014 [caption id="attachment_1929" align="alignleft" width="300"] Langrug residents explain how they achieved change for their community[/caption] One of the
Cape Town Live Blog: Day Three – What have we learned?
30 April 2014. By Rowena Harding. 35 researchers, some policy makers and media, three days, and at least eight hours
Cape Town Live Blog: Day Two – Should researchers do popular communications?
29 April 2014. By Rowena Harding. What skills does an academic researcher need to have? I’ve never been an academic researcher
Cape Town Live Blog: Day One – What's the deal with political settlements?
28 April 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. Getting academics to agree on something is like herding cats; but cats too can
ESID Mid-Term Workshop: Live blogging from Cape Town
27 April 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. Over 40 ESID researchers have converged on Cape Town in the last 24 hours.
Development plans are political statements
9 April 2014. No system of development administration can be effective that ignores or discounts the political dimensions of decision-making.
Richard Joseph argues against development without democracy in Africa (CDD Ghana)
7 April 2014. Last month our partners at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development hosted political scientist Richard Joseph (Northwestern
The role and politics of evidence in development
4 April 2014. By David Hulme and Pablo Yanguas. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact released today a report criticising
Stanford workshop: Measuring State Quality
2 April 2014. By Kunal Sen. On 2-4 March 2014 the Stanford Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of
Designing ESID's research on Public Sector Reform
31 March 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. With "Effective States" as the first half of our name (and the entirety of
Guest post: How "poor" economics informs the political culture of Bangladesh
26 March 2014. By Binayak Sen. Bangladesh's experience of the last two decades suggests that decent long-term economic development can
Governance as a Global Development Goal?
25 March 2014. There is increasing recognition that governance matters, to the point of considering it a desirable global development
UK to meet 0.7% aid, but what about effectiveness?
20 March 2014 Yesterday George Osborne's budget speech restated Britain's commitment to meet the target of 0.7% of national income