Researching the politics of development

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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

Rockefeller Centre Live Vlog: Day 3 – Reflections from Prof. Brian Levy on how far we've come

Professor Brian Levy of John Hopkins University reflects on how far we've travelled towards investigating how politics matters for development:

WATCH: Duncan Green on How Change Happens (and how to make it happen)

https://youtu.be/2KRh37IIBPI

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

"Agaciro" the Kinyarwanda word for dignity. Ideas of self-reliance in Rwanda

20 November 2015 By Anna Webster At ESID we're interested in the role of ideas in shaping development. To understand

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

Paths to development: Is there a Bangladesh surprise?

15 January 2015 [5 December 2014 original post]. By Niaz Asadullah and Antonio Savoia. Bangladesh’s economy has recorded remarkable economic

There are no 'blank-slate policymakers': Mapping the elites of development

23 June 2014. By Pablo Yanguas and Antonio Savoia. Political and policy-making elites are at the centre of the challenges

Richard Joseph argues against development without democracy in Africa (CDD Ghana)

7 April 2014. Last month our partners at the Ghana Center for Democratic Development hosted political scientist Richard Joseph (Northwestern