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300 economists call for tax haven crackdown

9 May 2016 ESID CEO Professor David Hulme and Research Director, Professor Kunal Sen have joined with 300 other top economists, calling

Maternal Health Care in Developing Countries – A presentation

9 May 2016 ESID's Tim Kelsall, Frederick Golooba-Mutebi and Sam Hickey recently presented their research on the performance of maternal

LISTEN: A podcast of our findings on public sector reform in Ghana

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ESID at the Development Studies Association Conference

    19th April 2016   The Global Development Institute are taking a lead role in convening seven panels at

Political settlements approach to extractive industries in Eastern Africa

Marja Hinfelaar 15 April 2016   In February, I presented some of our ESID research findings on the politics of natural

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

The political settlement and ‘deals environment’ in Rwanda: Unpacking two decades of economic growth

Working paper 57 Download pdf Pritish Behuria and Tom Goodfellow Abstract This paper explores the political economy of growth in

What are our findings on Ghana?

    Anna Webster 13 April 2016   So the ESID team are back in Manchester following a great week

Crises and social protection in Ethiopia: New challenges, new opportunities?

Dr Tom Lavers 12 April 2016 ESID research on the politics of social protection shows that crises have been central

The role and responsibility of foreign aid in recipient political settlements

Working paper 56 Download pdf Pablo Yanguas Abstract Political settlements analysis has highlighted the role of powerful political and economic

The challenge of public sector reform in Ghana

By Pablo Yanguas 5 April 2016 Will legal reform be enough? How can regular people be involved in debates about effectiveness?

Live Blog – ESID's visit to Ghana

Anna Webster 5 April 2016 It's day 2 of our Ghana events and we're releasing our research findings at The Centre

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

Taking our research findings to Ghana

  Kojo Asante 29 March 2016   Next week we are excited to be visiting Ghana to disseminate our research

Politics and health service delivery: Insights from Ghana

Briefing No. 16 Ghana has a mixed record in terms of health outcomes. Research presented in this briefing suggests that

The politics of governing natural resources in Ghana: Towards inclusive development?

Briefing No. 15 In Ghana, the manner in which political power is contested tends to increase the incentives of ruling

Ghana's political settlement and constraints to structural transformation

Briefing No. 14 This briefing analyses the ways in which Ghana's current political settlement and the structure of its domestic economy shape the

MNREGA, India's Rural Employment Guarantee – 10 years on

    22 March 2016 Professor Kunal Sen     For the tenth anniversary of  MNREGA, our Research Director, Professor

Will new governance approaches fix the public sector reform agenda?

14 March 2016 [Blog post excerpted from Yanguas & Bukenya (2016), 'New' approaches confront 'old' challengers in African public sector

Transparency on extractive industries and the problem of shrinking civic space

        11 March 2016 Anthony Bebbington   During the last week of February 2016, the Extractive Industries

Optimistic rebels vs. the anti-politics machine

29 February 2016 Chris Lyon The secret has been out the bag for a while now. Time was when the

Report from the UNU-WIDER symposium on ‘The Political Economy of Social Protection in Developing Countries’ – Mexico City

     25 February 2016 Kate Pruce   The sculpture below in Mexico City is called ‘El Ángel de la