Dr Antonio Savoia
Role Antonio is a senior lecturer in Development Economics at The University of Manchester and a researcher with ESID. Research
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
Dr Mirza Hassan
Role Mirza Hassan is a political economist currently working as a Lead Researcher based at the BRAC Institute of Governance
Dr Indrajit Roy
Role Indrajit Roy is an ESRC Future Research Leader at the Department for International Development at the University of Oxford. He
Professor Diana Mitlin
Role Diana Mitlin is Professor of Global Urbanism and Managing Director at the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester.
‘Transformational politics’ in India? Whatever happened to social justice?
15 May 2014. By Indrajit Roy. Political pundits have described the just-concluded elections in India as ‘transformational’. However, none of
Politics, informality and clientelism – exploring a pro-poor urban politics
Working paper 34 Download pdf Diana Mitlin Abstract This paper explores what we have learnt about how to instigate, negotiate
Jonathan Said
Role Jonathan Said is an Economic Governance Advisor with the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative in Liberia. Research His previous
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
What have academics to offer to the challenge of equity, justice and inclusion?
13 May 2014. By Diana Mitlin. After three-and-a-half days of sitting in central Cape Town, what have I learnt about a
“It’s the economy, stupid”: How the poor economic performance of the UPA regime is a key issue in the Indian elections
8 May 2014. By Kunal Sen. (Originally posted on the Ballots & Bullets blog.) Along with corruption, a stagnant economy
Professor Blessings Chinsinga
Role Blessings Chinsinga is Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at Chancellor College, one of the
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
Professor Giles Mohan
Role Giles Mohan is Professor of International Development at the Open University and a co-investigator on the project Oil, governance
Mainstreaming political economy analysis in donor agencies
Briefing No. 5 ESID’s comparative research on political economy analysis (PEA) within DFID and the World Bank demonstrates that the
Cape Town post-mortem: 6 things I learned about ESID
6 May 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. I have been working as part of ESID for a little over 15 months
Cape Town Live Blog: Day Four – Poverty's voice
1 May 2014 [caption id="attachment_1929" align="alignleft" width="300"] Langrug residents explain how they achieved change for their community[/caption] One of the
Cape Town Live Blog: Day Three – What have we learned?
30 April 2014. By Rowena Harding. 35 researchers, some policy makers and media, three days, and at least eight hours
Cape Town Live Blog: Day Two – Should researchers do popular communications?
29 April 2014. By Rowena Harding. What skills does an academic researcher need to have? I’ve never been an academic researcher
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
ESID Mid-Term Workshop: Live blogging from Cape Town
27 April 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. Over 40 ESID researchers have converged on Cape Town in the last 24 hours.
Can aid bureaucracies think politically? The administrative challenges of political economy analysis in DFID and the World Bank
Working paper 33 Download pdf Pablo Yanguas and David Hulme Abstract Although politics has become central to international development assistance,