At what point will we do something about inequality?
20 January 2016 Professor David Hulme Oxfam’s annual inequality report finds that extreme polarisation – the ownership of global assets
David Hulme's take on the new UK Aid Strategy
ESID's CEO David Hulme gives his address as President to The Development Studies Association 16 December 2015 By David Hulme A
The majority of the world's poor are in school so why aren't they learning?
30 September 2015 ESID Researcher Lant Pritchett has written for The Guardian on the need for research into rapidly improving
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
Breaking the rules, breaking the game: external ideas, politics and inclusive development in Honduras
Working paper 52 Download pdf Sarah Hunt Abstract The rise of the new Left has had an important impact on
High quality education for national development
28 May 2015 By David Hulme. [Reposted from Development at Manchester] Education is still considered a key strategy for reducing
Prof Gayatri Menon
Role Gayatri Menon is an Assistant Professor at the School of Development, Azim Premji University (Bengaluru, India), and an Honorary
Local funds and political competition: Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India
Working paper 42 Download pdf Bhanu Gupta and Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay Abstract The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India
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
Back to "National Development": Lant Pritchett's quest for Millennium Development Ideals
21 July 2014. Last week ESID hosted Lant Pritchett's public lecture on "Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The risks of defining
‘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
"The MDGs were a disaster": Meet Lant Pritchett
10 July 2014. The ESID partnership includes many dedicated and accomplished researchers, but few are as outspoken and immune to
Thinking Aloud – News from SANEM
9 June 2014. by Selim Raihan. ESID partners, SANEM (South Asian Network on Economic Modeling) have launched a new monthly
‘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
Politics, informality and clientelism – exploring a pro-poor urban politics
Working paper 34 Download pdf Diana Mitlin Abstract This paper explores what we have learnt about how to instigate, negotiate
“It’s the economy, stupid”: How the poor economic performance of the UPA regime is a key issue in the Indian elections
8 May 2014. By Kunal Sen. (Originally posted on the Ballots & Bullets blog.) Along with corruption, a stagnant economy
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
The politics of what works for the poor in public expenditure and taxation: a review
Working paper 11 Download pdf Paul Mosley Abstract The paper examines the questions of which fiscal (public expenditure and taxation)