Researcher spotlight: Blessings Chinsinga
14 May 2015 Role Professor Blessings Chinsinga is an ESID researcher in Malawi focusing on the country’s political settlement and
Clues to a better governance agenda?
05 March 2015 By Sam Hickey David Booth’s recent blog on ‘Five myths about governance and development’ raised a number
Understanding the politics of inequality
23 February 2015 By Sam Hickey, Sophie King and Sarah Hunt History has much to tell us about the politics of inequality, but
The Politics of Inclusive Development: Interrogating the Evidence
13 January 2015. Among those engaged in policy and planning of development, there is growing recognition that politics and institutions
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
Post-conflict inclusion and elite pacts in Solomon Islands
8 October 2014. ESID's latest working paper explores how exclusive pacts become wider political settlements, using the recent post-conflict history
The reality of the zero-aid budget in Malawi
24 September 2014 By Blessings Chinsinga. The new government of Malawi that was ushered into power following the 20 May
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
Political settlements applied to urban development: 5 key questions
15 August 2014 By Kate Pruce and Pablo Yanguas. In July ESID hosted a small research workshop devoted to the
Women and constitutional reform: is a seat at the table enough?
12 June 2014. By Georgina Waylen. Georgina Waylen looks at the role women play in transitions to democracy and the
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
Malawi elections: more economic discussion needed
[caption id="attachment_2058" align="alignleft" width="300"] Economist Jonathan Said has been working in Malawi for three years.[/caption] Malawi goes to the polls
Cape Town Live Blog: Day One – What's the deal with political settlements?
28 April 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. Getting academics to agree on something is like herding cats; but cats too can
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