State capacity building in Zambia amidst shifting political coalitions and ideologies
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The politics of dominating Addis Ababa (2005-2018)
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Nigeria's response to Covid-19
5 May 2020 Clare Cummings Nigeria was successful in eliminating Ebola, despite a weak public health system. In the latest
Competition, fragmentation and ‘resource factionalism’: The politics of governing oil and gas in Kenya
Working paper 140 Download pdf Matthew Tyce This paper explores how Kenya’s political settlement has shaped the governance of its
On Uganda’s 'long march' to first oil and the missing billions in the oil fund
10 March 2020 Angelo Izama Recently a government minister, Hon. David Bahati, claimed that money in early
Managing coercion and striving for dominance in Bangladesh
Working paper 129 Download pdf David Jackman Mathilde Maitrot Managing coercion is often central to the pursuit of political dominance,
The politics of governing oil after ‘best-practice’ reforms: Can ‘pockets of effectiveness’ survive within Uganda’s political settlement?
Working paper 128 Download pdf Sam Hickey Angelo Izama Uganda is frequently lauded for adopting a rules-based approach to oil
Dominating Dhaka
Working paper 127 Download pdf David Jackman Throughout Bangladesh’s history, its capital Dhaka has witnessed intense political competition, including numerous
The politics of upgrading in global value chains: The case of Rwanda’s coffee sector
Working paper 108 Download pdf Pritish Behuria Two parallel tracks of research on economic transformation in developing countries have operated
Poverty reduction during 1990-2013: Did Millennium Development Goals adoption and state capacity matter?
Working paper 93 Download pdf M. Niaz Asadullah and Antonio Savoia While poverty reduction remains central in the Post-2015 Agenda,
School governance in a fragmented political and bureaucratic environment: Case studies from South Africa’s Eastern Cape province
Working paper 84 Download pdf Brian Levy and Lawule Shumane This paper explores governance dynamics in four case study schools
The governance of basic education in the Eastern Cape
Working paper 83 Download pdf Zukiswa Kota, Monica Hendricks, Eric Matambo and Vinothan Naidoo The Eastern Cape province experienced extensive
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
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
Political settlements, natural resource extraction, and inclusion in Bolivia
Working paper 77 Download pdf Denise Humphreys Bebbington and Celina Grisi Huber This paper forms part of a project investigating the relationships
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
LISTEN: Stephen Kosack on state responses to mass political movements
Professor Stephen Kosack (Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington) joined us on 10 May 2017 to
World Bank: Strengthening governance top-of-mind for opinion leaders
In a recent blog for the World Bank Jing Guo, a member of the group's Public Opinion Research Group, outlines the
Mining, political settlements and inclusive development in Peru
Working paper 79 Download pdf Cynthia Sanborn, Tania Ramírez and Verónica Hurtado This paper examines how economic and political factors have influenced
FINDINGS: How Uganda's political settlement is impeding PSRs
The Ugandan state presents an interesting puzzle for advocates of public sector reforms (PSRs). Though it has been subjected to
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)
Leadership, stakeholders and learner performance in four Western Cape schools
Working paper 61 Download pdf Ursula Hoadley, Brian Levy, Lawule Shumane and Shelly Wilburn Abstract This paper explores some micro-level