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
The political settlement and ‘deals environment’ in Rwanda: Unpacking two decades of economic growth
Working paper 57 Download pdf Pritish Behuria and Tom Goodfellow Abstract This paper explores the political economy of growth in
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
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 promoting gender equity in contemporary Uganda: Cases of the Domestic Violence Law and the policy on Universal Primary Education
Working paper 55 Download pdf Josephine Ahikire and Amon A. Mwiine Abstract The paper looks at the ways in which
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
Class politics and social protection: the implementation of India’s MGNREGA
Working Paper 46 Download pdf Indrajit Roy Abstract In this paper, I direct attention to the role of class politics
Transnational capital and the political settlement of Ghana’s oil economy
Working Paper 49 Download pdf Giles Mohan and Kojo Pumpuni Asante Abstract Ghana’s recent status as an oil producer focuses
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
Dr Tim Kelsall
Role Tim Kelsall is a Senior Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, and and Research Director for
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