What are our findings on Ghana?
Anna Webster 13 April 2016 So the ESID team are back in Manchester following a great week
How politics shapes the quality of education in Ghana
Briefing No. 17 Allocation of resources in Ghana's education sector plays a political as well as a developmental role. Education is
In it to win it? How powerful political elites manipulate education resources in Ghana
11 January 2016 ESID's Abdul Gafaru Abdulai and Sam Hickey have just published their article on Ghana's political settlement
Dr Timothy Williams
Role Dr Timothy Williams is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Adjunct Professor in Global
Spotlight on an ESID researcher: Daniel Appiah
7 December 2015 What is your background and how did you become involved in ESID? I did a degree in
Why is domestic violence legislation falling short in Uganda?
25 November 2015 By Josephine Ahikire and Amon Mwiine In the current discourse on women and policymaking, there seems to
The politics of promoting gender equity in contemporary Uganda: Cases of the Domestic Violence Law and the policy on Universal Primary Education
Working paper 55 Download pdf Josephine Ahikire and Amon A. Mwiine Abstract The paper looks at the ways in which
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
How the centralised politics of education improve access but neglect quality
8 September 2015 Researchers working on ESID's education project presented their comparative findings at the Development Studies Association meeting taking place
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
Dr Tim Kelsall
Role Tim Kelsall is a Senior Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, and and Research Director for
Social accountability or social transformation? Working ‘with’ and ‘against’ the grain
06 March 2015 By Sophie King Social accountability has become an important ‘buzzword’ among development actors seeking to understand the
Professor Brian Levy
Role Brian Levy is Professor of the Practice of International Development, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University in
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
Regional inequality and spending on education in Ghana: A political settlements approach
15 September 2014 By Pablo Yanguas. ESID's latest working paper investigates why some of Ghana's regions have had greater access
Dr Vinothan Naidoo
Role Dr Vinothan Naidoo is a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Administration at the University of Cape Town (SA).
Professor Robert Cameron
Role Robert Cameron is a professor in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town. He is
Dr Franklin Oduro
Role Franklin Oduro is Head of Research and Programmes, and Deputy Director at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana),
Dr Mirza Hassan
Role Mirza Hassan is a political economist currently working as a Lead Researcher based at the BRAC Institute of Governance
The provision of basic education in South Africa: Institutional and political challenges
Objectives Describe the de facto patterns of the governance of the teaching resource (with specific attention to their differences from
Professor Sam Hickey
Role Sam Hickey is Professor of Politics and Development at the University of Manchester, and Joint Director of Research at
Education in competitive clientelist contexts: Bangladesh and Ghana
Objective This project explores the politics of securing higher levels of capacity and commitment to delivering improved quality schooling. Cases