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
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
PODCAST: The politics of domestic violence policy – Sohela Nazneen talks to Prof Diane Elson
6 February 2020 Listen to ESID researcher, Sohela Nazneen, in conversation with economist and gender specialist, Professor Diane Elson, for
ESID research featured in The Washington Post
3 February 2020 Tim Williams' award-winning research on the political economy of primary education, published by ESID and World Development,
ESID research published in World Development
13 January 2020 Congratulations to ESID researchers, Vasudha Chhottray, Anindita Adhikari and Vidushi Bahuguna, whose pioneering ESID research has been published
Professor David Hulme awarded OBE
13 January 2020 ESID is delighted to congratulate our CEO, Professor David Hulme, who has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s
Acting together: Harnessing the power of the collective for reform
Sohela Nazneen 19 December 2019 This blog features Sohela's ESID work on gender and was originally published by The
Professor Catherine Boone gives final Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture as it is handed over to York
25 November 2019 ESID recently hosted the final lecture in The Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture series. Set up to honour
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
NEW OPEN ACCESS BOOK OUT TODAY
14 November 2019 "This book, with its admirable combination of empirical substance and analytical clarity, is a landmark contribution that
A taster of today's lecture – Do socio-economic cleavages matter for development in African countries?
12 November 2019 Catherine Boone: Professor of Government and International Development, LSE We are delighted to be
JOB OPPORTUNITY
The Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre is looking for a Research Associate to join our busy team. You will
EVENT – The ESID Annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture with Professor Catherine Boone
30th October 2019 ESID and the Global Development Institute are delighted to be welcoming Professor Catherine Boone, Professor of Comparative
WATCH: Final plenary of the ESID conference – Moving the politics and development agenda forward
28/10/19 For the closing plenary of the ESID Conference we were delighted to be joined by Head of Profession for
PODCAST – Duncan Green speaks to Naomi Hossain on The Politics of Education in Developing Countries
22 October 2019 Duncan Green recently caught up with the brilliant Naomi Hossain to discuss her latest ESID book, edited
WATCH – Conference plenary on 'The politics of recognition and democratisation'
14 October 2019 One of the many highlights of our recent conference was a plenary featuring keynotes from Afrobarometer's Emmanuel
International bestselling author James Robinson delivers keynote on his new book The Narrow Corridor
11 October 2019 At the ESID conference we were lucky enough to have Professor James Robinson, author with Daron Acemoglu
WATCH – Lant Pritchett's conference keynote
8 October 2019Watch the University of Oxford's Lant Pritchett deliver his keynote to the ESID conference - 'The difficult dynamics
Heather Marquette's paper to the ESID conference, on 'Rethinking organised crime and development'
8 October 2019 Heather Marquette is Professor of Development Politics at the University of Birmingham and Senior Research Fellow at
WATCH – Prerna Singh's acclaimed conference keynote
7 October 2019There was much glowing feedback for the ESID conference, and one of the most highly praised moments came
WATCH – Opening plenary of the ESID flagship conference – From Politics to Power
4 October 2019 If you missed ESID's recent flagship conference, or want to catch it again, here is the opening