Alice Evans: The return of the Global Gag Rule, and the global politics of abortion
Let's not overestimate the influence of the US. The rest of the world can stand up for progress. By Dr
WATCH: Sarah Nandudu on the factors behind TSUPU's success
Sarah Nandudu, Vice President at National Slum Dwellers Federation, Uganda, identifies key factors behind the success of ESID's Transforming Settlements
WATCH: Effective housing solutions for the urban poor
Professor Diana Mitlin outlines key factors involved in designing effective housing solutions for the urban poor, as part of our
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
Felipe González-Zapata: Trump and the open government data movement
Felipe is a PhD candidate at the Global Development Institute, investigating the politics of open government data in Chile. Here
The politics of promoting social protection in Zambia
Working paper 75 Download pdf Kate Pruce and Sam Hickey The rise of the social protection agenda in Zambia over the
ESID academics co-producing knowledge with informal settlement residents
By Diana Mitlin 12 January 2017 In December a team from ESID visited Uganda to share the outcomes of research
The Politics of Inclusive Development – ESID book is now open access
10 January 2017 The Politics of Inclusive Development was recently described by Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development, emerita,
Towards universal health coverage in Rwanda?
By Dr Benjamin Chemouni 5 January 2017 In 2010, the WHO estimated that, every year, 100 million people are pushed into
Corporate social responsibility and political settlements in the mining sector in Ghana, Zambia and Peru
Working paper 74 Download pdf Tomas Frederiksen This paper explores and compares the political effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Do Gram Panchayat leaders favour their own constituencies in MNREGA fund allocation?
By Dr Subhasish Dey and Prof Kunal Sen 3 January 2017* Political incentives are known to play a role in the allocation
The politics of productivist social policies in Africa’s new ‘developmental states’
By Dr Tom Lavers 27 December 2016 Much recent research has highlighted the similarities between current administrations in Ethiopia and
Bala Yusuf on Donald Trump and anti-establishment populism
GDI PhD candidate Bala Yusuf discusses the perception of Donald Trump as an anti-establishment leader, and compares the Nigerian experience
Robbie Watt: What a Trump win means for climate change
Dr Robbie Watt secured his PhD, which critiques the moral economy of carbon markets and carbon offsetting, the day before
Social protection in an aspiring ‘developmental state’: The political drivers of Ethiopia’s PSNP
Working paper 73 Download pdf Tom Lavers Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is among the largest social protection programmes
Promoting urban poverty reduction in Uganda: Lessons for Slum-Dweller Federations
Briefing No. 26 The Transforming Settlements for the Urban Poor (TSUPU) Programme was formed in 2010 as a partnership between
Promoting urban poverty reduction in Uganda: Lessons from TSUPU municipalities
Briefing No. 25 The Transforming Settlements for the Urban Poor (TSUPU) Programme sought to align national, municipal and community urban
Promoting urban poverty reduction: Lessons from Uganda
Briefing No. 24 Uganda has one of the highest urban growth rates in the world. An estimated 60 percent of
New book by Kunal Sen and Sabyasachi Kar
ESID's Kunal Sen and Sabyasachi Kar have just published a new title, The Political Economy of India's Growth Episodes. Described
The political path to universal health coverage: Elite commitment to community-based health insurance in Rwanda
Working paper 72 Download pdf Benjamin Chemouni Rwanda is the country with the highest enrolment in health insurance in Sub-Saharan
Social protection in an aspiring ‘developmental state’: The political drivers of community-based health insurance in Ethiopia
Working paper 71 Download pdf Tom Lavers Ethiopia has been piloting and scaling up a community-based health insurance scheme for
Democracy and growth: How are they related?
By Prof Kunal Sen 8 December 2016 Kunal and colleagues Lant Pritchett, Sabyasachi Kar and Selim Raihan have published a working