Spotlight on an ESID Researcher: Kojo Asante
29th October 2015 What is your background and how did you come to be at ESID? I first came to
Watch: Prof. David Hulme on prospects for the Sustainable Development Goals
24 September 2015 Effective States CEO Professor David Hulme discusses the implications of the Sustainable Development Goals in a new
Governance and inequality: Benchmarking and interpreting South Africa’s evolving political settlement
Working paper 51 Download pdf Brian Levy, Alan Hirsch and Ingrid Woolard Abstract Has South Africa’s political settlement provided a
Political commitment in India’s social policy implementation: Shaping the performance of MGNREGA
Working paper 50 Download pdf Deepta Chopra Abstract This paper contributes to the empirical understanding of the concept of commitment
The political settlement and oil in Uganda
Working paper 48 Download pdf Sam Hickey with Badru Bukenya, Angelo Izama and William Kizito Abstract The capacity and commitment
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
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,
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
Researching the political economy determinants of economic growth: A new conceptual and methodological approach
Briefing No. 10 Research Framing Paper No. 4 Understanding significant differences in growth trajectories and living standards across countries is
The politics of regional inequality in Ghana: State elites, donors and PRSPs
Working paper 41 Download pdf Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai and David Hulme Abstract Through an analysis of Ghana’s HIPC Fund, which was
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
Post-conflict pacts and inclusive political settlements: institutional perspectives from Solomon Islands
Working Paper 39 Download pdf David Craig and Doug Porter Abstract Political settlements and pacts now feature prominently in donor
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
Ideas, interests and the politics of development change in India: capitalism, inclusion and the state
Working Paper 36 Download pdf Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Michael Walton Abstract This paper offers an interpretation of India’s recent
Briefing Paper: Discriminatory politics and MGNREGA implementation in Rajasthan
21 July 2014. ESID's latest Briefing Paper is entitled 'Supply or demand? How politics influences the implementation of the MGNREGA
‘They don’t want to work’ versus ‘They don’t want to provide work’: Seeking explanations for the decline of MGNREGA in Rajasthan
Working paper 31 Download pdf Deepta Chopra This paper presents a political economy explanation for the dramatic decline of MGNREGA
There are no 'blank-slate policymakers': Mapping the elites of development
23 June 2014. By Pablo Yanguas and Antonio Savoia. Political and policy-making elites are at the centre of the challenges
Mapping the elites of development: a cross-national dataset of policy-makers' educational and professional backgrounds
Objective This project aims to generate valid and reliable data on the educational and professional background of key political and
Working Paper: Pro-poor urban politics
9 June 2014. ESID's latest Working Paper explores "what we have learnt about how to instigate and embed pro-poor government
‘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
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
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