What next for the political economy of development in Africa? Facing up to the challenge of economic transformation
Download pdf Working paper 163 David Booth The forthcoming final conclusions of the Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) programme
The politics of building effective water utilities in the Global South: A case of NWSC Uganda
Working paper 152 Download pdf Badru Bukenya Although most public water utilities in developing countries perform poorly, some have achieved
How did the West get China wrong? Annual ESID Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture by Professor Yuen Yuen Ang
17 October 2018 ESID together with the Global Development Institute is delighted to be welcoming Dr Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate
The political economy of social protection in Mozambique
Working paper 103 Download pdf Lars Buur and Padil Salimo In the view of international donors, multilateral organisations and government
The deals make the difference – watch Matthew Tyce on his Deals and Development book chapter
16 November 2017 While most developing countries have experienced boom and bust growth, why have Thailand and Malaysia experienced sustained growth?
Watch Kunal Sen on his new book Deals and Development. What's the big idea?
16 November 2017 Rapid economic growth in developing countries is usually put down to good economic institutions. But many developing
Watch co-editor of Deals and Development, Eric Werker, on the book's powerful policy implications
15 November 2017 Eric Werker is Associate Professor at Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University in Canada. He is also
Book Review: The Politics of Inclusive Development: Interrogating the Evidence
Dr Brendan Halloran 27 February 2017 I recently reviewed The Politics of Inclusive Development for The Journal of Development Studies.
LISTEN: Author of Why Nations Fail James Robinson tells us what he thinks of our findings
7 October 2016 In part two of our podcasts on ESID's story so far, James Robinson gives his opinion on
WATCH: Seminal author James Robinson at DSA on why we need to focus more on the micro
James Robinson, author of Why Nations Fail, argues that politics of development research needs to move from the macro to
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
Pep Guardiola's lessons for the politics of development
By Dr Tim Kelsall 19 August 2016 Last weekend the 2016-17 English Premier League kicked off, with one of the
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
How can we build tax capacity in developing countries?
Jim Brumby, World Bank 26 July 2016 New ESID research asks how political institutions affect tax capacity in developing economies.
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
Thinking and working with political settlements
5 July 2016 Tim Kelsall This post first appeared on Fragile States This article aims to give some advice
Spotlight on an ESID Researcher: Tim Kelsall
24 June 2016 Tell us a bit about your background I grew up in Manchester, went to university in Oxford
ESID at the Development Studies Association Conference
19th April 2016 The Global Development Institute are taking a lead role in convening seven panels at
Optimistic rebels vs. the anti-politics machine
29 February 2016 Chris Lyon The secret has been out the bag for a while now. Time was when the
New book: Making the State Work
4 August 2015 Professor David Hulme, ESID's CEO, introduces this new edition of Governance, Management and Development: Making the State
World Development publishes our research on donor political analysis
10 June 2015 Research findings from ESID's project on donor use of political analysis have now been published in the
The political economy of governance measurement
9 June 2015 By David Hulme, Debora Malito, Antonio Savoia and Gaby Umbach. Most scholars and policy-makers agree that the