NEWS: Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai is awarded 2017 Gerti Hesseling Prize
30th August 2017 We are delighted to announce that Dr Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai has been awarded the prestigious 2017 Gerti Hesseling
The problem with teachers: The political settlement and education quality reforms in Bangladesh
Working paper 86 Download pdf Naomi Hossain, Mirza Hassan, Md Ashikur Rahman, Khondoker Shakhawat Ali and M. Sajidul Islam Why
School governance in a fragmented political and bureaucratic environment: Case studies from South Africa’s Eastern Cape province
Working paper 84 Download pdf Brian Levy and Lawule Shumane This paper explores governance dynamics in four case study schools
The governance of basic education in the Eastern Cape
Working paper 83 Download pdf Zukiswa Kota, Monica Hendricks, Eric Matambo and Vinothan Naidoo The Eastern Cape province experienced extensive
Tim Williams' education in Rwanda research published in World Development
Congratulations to ESID researcher Tim Williams, whose paper, 'The political economy of primary education: Lessons from Rwanda', has been published
Active citizenship when bureaucracies are weak – some school-level lessons from South Africa
16 May 2017 Dr Brian Levy Bureaucracies, we have learned, are embedded in politics. How, then, to strengthen public services
Spotlight on an ESID expert – Naomi Hossain
11 May 2017 ESID and IDS researcher Naomi Hossain on her passion for development research, linking climate change
Big media for BIGD event in Bangladesh
2 March 2017 Our recent policy workshop with leading Bangladesh experts on growth, education, health and women's empowerment has received
Unpacking the ‘Bangladesh paradox’: the politics of inclusive economic and social development
Dr Mathilde Maitrot 22 February 2017 Global Challenge Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathilde Maitrot reports from the ESID and BIGD
The politics of negotiating gender equity in Bangladesh
Working paper 76 Download pdf Sohela Nazneen and Rezwan Masud In Bangladesh there is a paradox when it comes to securing
Leadership, stakeholders and learner performance in four Western Cape schools
Working paper 61 Download pdf Ursula Hoadley, Brian Levy, Lawule Shumane and Shelly Wilburn Abstract This paper explores some micro-level
The politics and governance of basic education: A tale of two South African provinces
Working paper 67 Download pdf Brian Levy, Robert Cameron, Ursula Hoadley and Vinothan Naidoo This paper synthesises the findings of
From schooling to learning: Is Uganda committed to increasing the quality of basic education?
Briefing No. 20 Developments in the Ugandan education sector since 1996 paint a picture of increased enrolments, but little or
Managing for performance in South African basic education
Prof Robert Cameron and Dr Vinothan Naidoo 12 October 2016 Bridging the gap between improving access to primary and secondary
Inclusion as political mobilisation: The political economy of quality education initiatives in Uganda
Working paper 65 Download pdf Anne Mette Kjær and Nansozi K. Muwanga Uganda has been successful in broadening access to
Why is the quality of children's education in Rwanda surprisingly low?
Dr Tim Williams 24 August 2016 When it comes to children’s education in Rwanda, the government is oriented towards action:
Oriented towards action: The political economy of primary education in Rwanda
Working paper 64 Download pdf Timothy P. Williams When it comes to the delivery of services to the poor, politics
The potential and limits of performance management: Improving basic education in the Western Cape
Working paper 62 Download pdf Robert Cameron and Brian Levy The focus of this paper is on the management and
When a ‘ruling alliance’ and public sector governance meet: Managing for performance in South African basic education
Working paper 60 Download pdf Robert Cameron and Vinothan Naidoo Abstract This paper is one of a series of ESID
The political economy of primary education reform in Cambodia
Working paper 58 Download pdf Tim Kelsall, Sothy Khieng, Chuong Chantha and Tieng Tek Muy Abstract This paper examines the
Naomi Hossain
Role Naomi Hossain is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, UK,
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