ESID's joint director of research, Sam Hickey, elected president of Development Studies Association
13 July 2020 ESID's joint director of research will lead the UK- based membership organisation for all those studying,
Heather Marquette's paper to the ESID conference, on 'Rethinking organised crime and development'
8 October 2019 Heather Marquette is Professor of Development Politics at the University of Birmingham and Senior Research Fellow at
Podcast with Duncan Green – What are the headlines of nine years of research into Effective States and Inclusive Development?
https://soundcloud.com/globaldevinst/sam-hickey-research-findings-on-effective-states-and-inclusive-development At the end of ESID's recent amazing three-day conference Duncan Green sat down with our Research Director, Sam Hickey, and asked
Five ESID books are open access and free to download
26 June 2019 With the recent publication of two new books, The Politics of Education in Developing Countries and Negotiating
Bangladesh is booming, but slide towards authoritarianism could burst the bubble
25 March 2019 M Niaz Asadullah & Antonio Savoia This post was first published in The Conversation
NEW OPEN ACCESS BOOK – The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning
7 March 2019 "This excellent, well researched and wide ranging series of case studies sheds light on a key issue
"Outstanding" research in prestigious article collection by World Development
20 September 2018 An article in World Development based on an ESID working paper on poverty reduction and the MDGs
WATCH – Pablo Yanguas & Daniel Honig in conversation event on what makes aid effective
25 May 2018 Watch highlights of a recent in conversation event with Pablo Yanguas, author of Why We Lie About
PODCAST – In conversation on what makes aid effective
21 May 2018 What limits the impact of foreign aid programmes? If frontline workers had freedom to experiment, could aid
Book Review – Why We Lie About Aid by Pablo Yanguas
3 May 2018 Tom Kirk, Researcher at the LSE's Centre for Public Authority in International Development Every so often you
INVITATION TO AN EVENT – A chance to see global experts on aid Pablo Yanguas and Daniel Honig in conversation..
To register for this event visit: https://aidtalk.eventbrite.co.uk
In conversation: Pablo Yanguas and Diana Mitlin
21 March 2018 Listen to Diana Mitlin interview Pablo Yanguas about his new book Why We Lie About Aid which is out now
Why We Lie About Aid – In defence of hopeful pragmatism
19 March 2018 Pablo Yanguas Pablo's provocative new book Why We Lie About Aid, is described by ODI Principal Research Fellow
How politics matters for SDG 16
Prof Sam Hickey's presentation, delivered to OECD Govnet meeting on Governance and the SDGs - How politics matters for development and
David Hulme: Why the UK must keep military activity away from international aid
A day is a long time in politics and the first full day of election campaigning was dominated by suggestions
From Phase 1 to Phase 2: Our progress so far
26 April 2017 Dr Pablo Yanguas Why do inequalities persist over time? How do elite interests shape developmental trajectories? When
The Politics of Inclusive Development – ESID book is now open access
10 January 2017 The Politics of Inclusive Development was recently described by Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, emerita,
WATCH: Yongmei Zhou on the 2017 World Development Report
Co-director of the 2017 World Development Report, Yongmei Zhou, talks about the relevance of ESID's work to the report's theme
Two cheers for the (draft) 2017 Governance and the Law World Development Report
Brian Levy 21 September 2016 This post first appeared on Brian's blog Working with the Grain. The 2017 WDR (temporarily
David Hulme looks ahead to the DSA conference in September
David Hulme 16 August 2016 I am just back from Japan – a delightful visit with colleagues
Politics matters, so what? Time for bigger bets (and more learning) on adaptive programming
29 July 2016 Alan Hudson, Executive Director, Global Integrity The World Bank will produce their World Development Report
LISTEN: Podcast of Sam Hickey at Australia National University – Presenting our findings
25 July 2016 Our Research Director Professor Sam Hickey delivered this seminar to The Development Policy Centre at Australia National University on