Zambia’s response to Covid-19 Part 2: 'We have to choose life or livelihood or both'
30 May 2020 Discover the latest on the response to Covid-19 in Zambia Any glimmer of hope that the Covid-19 crisis
Resource nationalism: Enabler or spoiler of pockets of effectiveness in ‘new oil’ Tanzania’s petroleum sector?
Working paper 144 Download pdf Rasmus Pedersen, Thabit Jacob and Peter Bofin A great deal of attention has been paid
What’s driven Uganda’s Public Water Corporation’s inadequate response to the Covid-19 crisis?
18 May 2020 Badru Bukenya The global message on frequent 20 second handwashing to stem the spread of Covid-19 has
The political economy of automotive industry development policy in middle income countries: A comparative analysis of Egypt, India, South Africa and Turkey
Working paper 143 Download pdf Anthony Black, Pallavi Roy, Amirah El-Haddad and Kamil Yilmaz This paper examines the political economy of development policy
WATCH: In country expert, Imran Matin, on Bangladesh's response to Covid-19
13 May 2020 Chief Executive of The Brac Institute for Governance and Development, Imran Matin reports from Bangladesh on the
Covid-19 and the Politics of Social Protection
11 May 2020 Tom Lavers Social protection has already and will continue to be key to the response to Covid-19.
Nigeria's response to Covid-19
5 May 2020 Clare Cummings Nigeria was successful in eliminating Ebola, despite a weak public health system. In the latest
Ghost towns and crackdowns: The politics of urban Covid-19 control
1 May 2020 Tom Goodfellow David Jackman As different responses to coronavirus are
The politics of distributing social transfers in Oromiya, Ethiopia: Encadrement and the fluctuation of state infrastructural power
Working paper 142 Download pdf Tom Lavers, Dunyat Haile and Yerosan Mesfin This paper examines the politics of distributing the
Covid-19 and domestic violence: Caring states?
30 April 2020 Sohela Nazneen ESID's expert on the politics of domestic violence sets out vital ways that states can
Kenya's response to Covid-19
29 April 2020 Matthew Tyce Along with several other African countries, Kenya has so far opted
Zambia’s response to Covid-19
28 April 2020 In our latest blog in our Covid-19 series, ESID experts discuss the political response in Zambia
The politics of responding to Covid-19 in developing countries: PART 2
23 April 2020 Tim Kelsall, Sam Hickey, David Hulme, Nicolai Schulz Continuing from Part 1 of this blog, in Part
The politics of responding to Covid-19 in developing countries: PART 1
21 April 2020 Sam Hickey, Tim Kelsall, David Hulme We are launching a series of blogs on the politics
The politics of distributing social transfers in Afar, Ethiopia: The intertwining of party, state and clan in the periphery
Working paper 141 Download pdf Tom Lavers, Dawud Mohammed and Bisrat Wolde Selassie This paper examines the politics of distributing social
Competition, fragmentation and ‘resource factionalism’: The politics of governing oil and gas in Kenya
Working paper 140 Download pdf Matthew Tyce This paper explores how Kenya’s political settlement has shaped the governance of its
Farwa Sial
Role Farwa is a Postdoctoral Research Associate for ESID. Research Farwa joined the ESID Team in 2020 and her current
Reclaiming gender justice: We must act now to counter backlash threatening women’s rights globally
23 March 2020 Sohela Nazneen Sohela Nazneen is editor of the open access book Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global
NEW OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL ARTICLE: The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda: The potential and pitfalls of 'thinking and working politically'
16 March 2020 Sam Hickey and Badru Bukenya have published on their research into the
What drives successful economic diversification in resource-rich countries?
Working paper 139 Download pdf Addisu A. Lashitew, Michael L. Ross and Eric Werker The ‘resource curse’ is often understood
Alternative routes to the institutionalisation of social transfers in sub-Saharan Africa: Political survival strategies and transnational policy coalitions
Working paper 138 Download pdf Tom Lavers and Sam Hickey The new phase of social protection expansion in the Global
Political settlements and the implementation of maternal health policy in the developing world: A comparative case study of Rwanda, Ghana, Uganda and Bangladesh
Working paper 137 Download pdf Tim Kelsall Maternal health, and in particular the issue of reducing maternal mortality, has been