Political aid thinking, fast and slow
17 March 2015 By Pablo Yanguas. These days I am reading psychologist Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking, Fast and Slow (2012), in
What comes after all the shouting about politics and aid?
3 February 2015 By Pablo Yanguas. Last week DFID's research team hosted representatives from four research programme consortia on development,
Working with the grain: Brian Levy's visit to Manchester
21 November 2014 ESID and Brooks World Poverty Institute are hosting Brian Levy, professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS and the
Doing Development Differently: The future is now-ish
7 November 2014 By Pablo Yanguas. Two weeks ago Harvard Kennedy School and ODI co-hosted a very particular kind of
Politically-informed aid: Video and tweets from the New Directions in Governance conference
10 October 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. Last month I was delighted to participate in a conference on "New Directions in
Learning why and how reform works will improve UK aid
11 August 2014. By Leni Wild. Another week, another review of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID): yet, amongst
What's our way out of faith-based public sector interventions? A conversation with Nick Manning
2 July 2014. By Pablo Yanguas and Rowena Harding. Nick Manning retired in December 2013 from the position of Head
Training in Political Economy Analysis
17 June 2014. by Sarah Hunt. Over the past year training donor agency staff in Political Economy Analysis (PEA), I have
Staff spotlight: Kunal Sen
5 June 2014. Kunal Sen is ESID’s Joint Research Director, along with Sam Hickey. Professor of Development Economics at the
The zeitgeist of political economy analysis
4 June 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. On Monday David Hulme and I attended a half-day workshop at ODI entitled "Aiding
Political settlements in post-conflict states: David Craig's lessons from Cambodia and the Pacific
23 May 2014 By Kate Pruce. Current donor approaches to ‘successful transition’ in post-conflict states focus on institutional reforms, with
Politics in the trenches of development: Mainstreaming political economy analysis in aid agencies
7 May 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. "Politics matters for development". From project officers all the way up to the heads
Development plans are political statements
9 April 2014. No system of development administration can be effective that ignores or discounts the political dimensions of decision-making.
UK to meet 0.7% aid, but what about effectiveness?
20 March 2014 Yesterday George Osborne's budget speech restated Britain's commitment to meet the target of 0.7% of national income
Staff Spotlight: David Hulme
18 March 2014. David Hulme is ESID's Chief Executive Officer. A Professor of Development Studies at the Institute for Development
Deciphering the confusing new politics of international aid
12 March 2014. Earlier this year Thomas Carothers was a guest lecturer at ESID's "Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture". During his