Drilling down into the drivers of extractive industry governance
Anthony Bebbington 4 July 2017 When a country discovers that it has valuable mineral deposits under its soil, some would say it
Political settlements and the governance of extractive industry: A comparative analysis of the longue durée in Africa and Latin America
Working paper 81 Download pdf Anthony Bebbington with Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai, Marja Hinfelaar, Denise Humphreys Bebbington and Cynthia Sanborn This paper synthesises findings
The politics of mining and the resource curse in Ghana
Abdul Gafaru Abdulai 12 June 2017 Why are some mineral-dependent countries able to translate natural resource wealth
WATCH: What needs to happen about illegal mining in Ghana?
8 June 2017 Known as 'galamsey', illegal small-scale mining has really captured the attention of the media and the public
Competitive clientelism and the political economy of mining in Ghana
Working paper 78 Download pdf Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai This paper offers a political economy explanation to the question of why over
FINDINGS: Competitive politics and the challenge of combating illegal mining in Ghana
1 June 2017 Dr Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai In the last three months, the Ghanaian media landscape has been dominated by discussions
Building effective states beyond competitive democracy in Ghana
By Dr Daniel Appiah and Dr Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai 18 April 2017 It is widely accepted that the creation of
Competitive clientelism and the politics of core public sector reform in Ghana
Working paper 82 Download pdf Daniel Appiah and Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai Although Ghana has implemented several donor-sponsored public sector reforms (PSRs)
Corporate social responsibility and political settlements in the mining sector in Ghana, Zambia and Peru
Working paper 74 Download pdf Tomas Frederiksen This paper explores and compares the political effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
WATCH: New film on the Center for Democratic Development, our partner in Ghana
This new video featuring our Ghanaian researchers was made in Ghana and tells the story of the partnership between ESID
Dr Tomas Frederiksen
Role Tomas Frederiksen is a lecturer in international development at the Global Development Institute (GDI), the University of Manchester. He is co-investigator
WATCH: Exciting new film on our research in Ghana
This new film, featuring our Ghanaian researchers, was made in Ghana and reveals our key findings on the politics of
LISTEN: A podcast of our findings on public sector reform in Ghana
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Spotlight on an ESID researcher: Franklin Oduro
15 April 2016 What is your educational background? I am a political scientist by training. My first degree was in
What are our findings on Ghana?
Anna Webster 13 April 2016 So the ESID team are back in Manchester following a great week
The challenge of public sector reform in Ghana
By Pablo Yanguas 5 April 2016 Will legal reform be enough? How can regular people be involved in debates about effectiveness?
How politics shapes the quality of education in Ghana
Briefing No. 17 Allocation of resources in Ghana's education sector plays a political as well as a developmental role. Education is
Taking our research findings to Ghana
Kojo Asante 29 March 2016 Next week we are excited to be visiting Ghana to disseminate our research
Politics and health service delivery: Insights from Ghana
Briefing No. 16 Ghana has a mixed record in terms of health outcomes. Research presented in this briefing suggests that
The politics of governing natural resources in Ghana: Towards inclusive development?
Briefing No. 15 In Ghana, the manner in which political power is contested tends to increase the incentives of ruling
Ghana's political settlement and constraints to structural transformation
Briefing No. 14 This briefing analyses the ways in which Ghana's current political settlement and the structure of its domestic economy shape the
In it to win it? How powerful political elites manipulate education resources in Ghana
11 January 2016 ESID's Abdul Gafaru Abdulai and Sam Hickey have just published their article on Ghana's political settlement