The politics of building effective water utilities in the Global South: A case of NWSC Uganda
Working paper 152 Download pdf Badru Bukenya Although most public water utilities in developing countries perform poorly, some have achieved
The political economy of central bank effectiveness: The case of National Bank of Rwanda
Working paper 151 Download pdf Pritish Behuria In a survey conducted in Rwanda by the Pockets of Effectiveness project, the
The Kenyan National Treasury: A ‘pocket of effectiveness’ curtailed
Working paper 150 Download pdf Matthew Tyce This paper examines the factors that have shaped the ability of Kenya’s National
The politics of power and natural gas in Tanzania: How political settlement dynamics shapes deals in a ‘new oil’ country
Working paper 149 Download pdf Peter Bofin, Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen and Thabit Jacob While research suggests that the rise in global
The politics of dominating Addis Ababa (2005-2018)
Working paper 148 Download pdf Eyob Balcha Gebremariam After surviving the most challenging electoral competition in May 2005, the Ethiopian
State infrastructural power and social transfers: The local politics of distribution and delivering ‘progress’ in Ethiopia
Working paper 147 Download pdf Tom Lavers This paper examines the politics of implementing the PSNP in Ethiopia. The PSNP
Carrot, stick and statute: Elite strategies and contested dominance in Kampala
Working paper 146 Download pdf Nansozi K. Muwanga, Paul I. Mukwaya and Tom GoodfellowAlthough Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Movement (NRM)
The politics of shelter: Understanding outcomes in three African cities
Working paper 145 Download pdf Diana Mitlin This paper analyses the politics of shelter provision in three African cities, focusing
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
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
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
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
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
Cities and dominance: Urban strategies for political settlement maintenance and change – Zambia case study
Working paper 136 Download pdf Marja Hinfelaar, Danielle Resnick and Sishuwa Sishuwa This paper tracks how the Patriotic Front (PF)
Control the capital: Cities and political dominance
Working paper 135 Download pdf Tom Goodfellow David Jackman As optimism about the ‘third wave’ of democratisation has waned in
Gender equitable change and the place of informal networks in Uganda’s legislative policy reforms
Working paper 134 Download pdf Josephine Ahikire and Amon A. Mwiine Uganda has had an uneven history and experience around
Political economy of policy and implementation in the Bangladesh health sector: Implications for reducing maternal mortality
Working paper 133 Download pdf Simeen Mahmud (with contributions from Nuzhat Sharmeen and Moogdho Mahzab) This paper discusses the politics of
The 2018 Bangladeshi election
Working paper 132 Download pdf Mathilde Maitrot David Jackman Between 1990 and 2009, the violent competition characteristic of Bangladeshi politics
Who should get what, how and why? DFID and the transnational politics of social cash transfers
Working paper 131 Download pdf Sam Hickey Jeremy Seekings The proliferation of social cash transfers (SCTs) across much of Africa