New Open Access Book – Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, Implications
Based upon a decade of ground-breaking research within the Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) research centre, Political Settlements and
New Open Access Book: The Politics of Distributing Social Transfers: State Capacity and Political Contestation in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Social protection has risen to a prominent position on the global development agenda since the turn of the millennium. Considerable
The politics of social protection in Kenya: State capacity, political competition and social pension registration in Marsabit County
Download pdf Working paper 166 Tahira Shariff Mohamed, Alesha Porisky and Patrick Mutinda Muthui In 2017, the government of Kenya
Alesha Porisky
Role Alesha is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, an incoming professor
The politics of distributing social protection in Bangladesh: Insights from the Primary Education Stipends Project (Phase 3)
Download pdf Working paper 164 Naomi Hossain In 2016, a conditional cash transfer programme that had been assisting targeted poor
Distributing social transfers in Rwanda: The case of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP)
Download pdf Working paper 160 Timothy P. Williams, Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo, Tom Lavers and Eric Ndushabandi This paper examines the political dynamics shaping
The distributional politics of social transfers in Kenya
Working paper 155 Download pdf Alesha Porisky This paper examines the politics of distributing social transfers across four diverse counties
State infrastructural power and social transfers: The local politics of distribution and delivering ‘progress’ in Ethiopia
Working paper 147 Download pdf Tom Lavers This paper examines the politics of implementing the PSNP in Ethiopia. The PSNP
Covid-19 and the Politics of Social Protection
11 May 2020 Tom Lavers Social protection has already and will continue to be key to the response to Covid-19.
The politics of distributing social transfers in Oromiya, Ethiopia: Encadrement and the fluctuation of state infrastructural power
Working paper 142 Download pdf Tom Lavers, Dunyat Haile and Yerosan Mesfin This paper examines the politics of distributing the
The politics of distributing social transfers in Afar, Ethiopia: The intertwining of party, state and clan in the periphery
Working paper 141 Download pdf Tom Lavers, Dawud Mohammed and Bisrat Wolde Selassie This paper examines the politics of distributing social
NEW OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL ARTICLE: The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda: The potential and pitfalls of 'thinking and working politically'
16 March 2020 Sam Hickey and Badru Bukenya have published on their research into the
Alternative routes to the institutionalisation of social transfers in sub-Saharan Africa: Political survival strategies and transnational policy coalitions
Working paper 138 Download pdf Tom Lavers and Sam Hickey The new phase of social protection expansion in the Global
Who should get what, how and why? DFID and the transnational politics of social cash transfers
Working paper 131 Download pdf Sam Hickey Jeremy Seekings The proliferation of social cash transfers (SCTs) across much of Africa
Open access book: Read an extract from The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
21 November 2019 New, open access book on The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa has been edited by
PODCAST – Dr Kate Pruce with insights on her chapter in new social protection book
21 November 2019 We catch up with newly qualified Dr Kate Pruce for a unique insight into her chapter on
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14 November 2019 "This book, with its admirable combination of empirical substance and analytical clarity, is a landmark contribution that
Productivist social protection in Ethiopia’s ‘developmental state’
12 June 2019 Tom Lavers Two recent ESID papers published in African Affairs and Social Science and Medicine (both open
PODCAST – Dr Tom Lavers presents: The politics of distribution in Ethiopia's 'developmental state'
19 March 2019 Social protection expert Dr Tom Lavers gives a presentation to The African Studies Centre at The University of
The politics of distributing social transfers in Ethiopia
5 March 2019 ESID researcher Dr Tom Lavers is currently in Ethiopia disseminating our work on social protection.
Rethinking elite commitment to social protection in Ghana: Insights from an adapted political settlements approach
Working paper 112 Download pdf Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai This paper explores the political economy drivers of Ghana’s flagship cash transfer programme,
Aid for social protection may help African governments maintain power
Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen, Lars Buur, Thabit Jacob and Padil Salimo 18 December 2018 In theory, development aid is about helping