NEW OPEN ACCESS BOOK – The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning
7 March 2019 "This excellent, well researched and wide ranging series of case studies sheds light on a key issue
How can developing countries learn to tax?
28 January 2019 Antonio Savoia, Roberto Ricciuti and Kunal Sen This blog was first published on OECD Development Matters The
Aid for social protection may help African governments maintain power
Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen, Lars Buur, Thabit Jacob and Padil Salimo 18 December 2018 In theory, development aid is about helping
"Outstanding" research in prestigious article collection by World Development
20 September 2018 An article in World Development based on an ESID working paper on poverty reduction and the MDGs
The politics and governance of basic education – drilling into the details
18 September 2018 Lead editor of new open access book on how politics influences learning outcomes in South Africa, Brian Levy
An excerpt from Governing Extractive Industries – Resource Extraction and Inclusive Development
22 August 2018 This exciting new book is drawn from ESID research on natural resource governance that began in 2012.
PODCAST – An interview with Sophie King on the process of researching urban poverty in Uganda
Read the working paper on this research here.
New journal article on the politics of Ghana's oil
17th July 2018 A new open access article by ESID researchers Giles Mohan, Kojo Asante and Abdul Gafaru Abdulai has
New open access article in Development and Change – The decline of gangsters and the politicisation of violence in urban Bangladesh
4 July 2018 Dr David Jackman's innovative research on the organisation of violence in Bangladesh has been published in Development
New book Governing Extractive Industries is available for open access!
2 July 2018 Last week we launched a new book, Governing Extractive Industries, at the DSA Conference and now it's
New journal article brings a different take on Rwandan policy making
18 June 2018 A new article by Pritish Behuria in The Journal of International Development has an interesting new take on Rwandan
Book Review – Why We Lie About Aid by Pablo Yanguas
3 May 2018 Tom Kirk, Researcher at the LSE's Centre for Public Authority in International Development Every so often you
New article in World Development: Why has Rwanda achieved the top health insurance enrolment in Sub-Saharan Africa?
11 April 2018 ESID researcher Benjamin Chemouni has published his research on social protection as an open access article
Research on the political economy of Ghana's oil is published in New Political Economy Journal
27 March 2018 ESID Research on the politics of governing Ghana's oil has been published as an article, Party politics and
In conversation: Pablo Yanguas and Diana Mitlin
21 March 2018 Listen to Diana Mitlin interview Pablo Yanguas about his new book Why We Lie About Aid which is out now
Why We Lie About Aid – In defence of hopeful pragmatism
19 March 2018 Pablo Yanguas Pablo's provocative new book Why We Lie About Aid, is described by ODI Principal Research Fellow
The deals make the difference – watch Matthew Tyce on his Deals and Development book chapter
16 November 2017 While most developing countries have experienced boom and bust growth, why have Thailand and Malaysia experienced sustained growth?
Watch Kunal Sen on his new book Deals and Development. What's the big idea?
16 November 2017 Rapid economic growth in developing countries is usually put down to good economic institutions. But many developing
Watch co-editor of Deals and Development, Eric Werker, on the book's powerful policy implications
15 November 2017 Eric Werker is Associate Professor at Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University in Canada. He is also
"This will change the way you see economic growth" – Deals and Development book is available for open access!
9 November 2017 We're thrilled to announce that Deals and Development, the book resulting from ESID research on the politics
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,
Managing for performance in South African basic education
Prof Robert Cameron and Dr Vinothan Naidoo 12 October 2016 Bridging the gap between improving access to primary and secondary