African development and the marginalisation of domestic capitalists
Working paper 115 Download pdf Pritish Behuria The revival of industrial policy discussions has operated in parallel to reports of
Service delivery reform in Nigeria: The rise and fall of the Conditional Grant Scheme to Local Government Areas (CGS to LGAs)
Working paper 114 Download pdf Bala Yunusa Yusuf and David Hulme This paper analyses Nigeria’s Conditional Grant Scheme to Local
NEW OPEN ACCESS BOOK – Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South: The Politics of Domestic Violence Policy
12 March 2019 "This book provides exciting new ways of thinking about how women’s rights policy change occurs in the Global
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
Political settlements and the delivery of maternal health services in rural Uganda
Working paper 113 Download pdf Badru Bukenya and Frederick Golooba-Mutebi Technical questions, such as systems development and management; governance, the
Rethinking elite commitment to social protection in Ghana: Insights from an adapted political settlements approach
Working paper 112 Download pdf Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai This paper explores the political economy drivers of Ghana’s flagship cash transfer programme,
The political prioritisation of welfare in India: Comparing the Public Distribution System in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
Working paper 111 Download pdf Vasudha Chhotray, Anindita Adhikari and Vidushi Bahuguna The idea of state responsibility for ensuring food
Social protection in an electorally competitive environment (2): The politics of health insurance in Tanzania
Working paper 110 Download pdf Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen and Thabit Jacob This paper analyses the introduction and expansion of health
Social protection in an electorally competitive environment (1): The politics of Productive Social Safety Nets (PSSN) in Tanzania
Working paper 109 Download pdf Thabit Jacob and Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen Social protection has become a more important part of social
The politics of upgrading in global value chains: The case of Rwanda’s coffee sector
Working paper 108 Download pdf Pritish Behuria Two parallel tracks of research on economic transformation in developing countries have operated
The political economy of maternal healthcare in Ghana
Working paper 107 Download pdf Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai Despite substantial improvements in access to health services in Ghana during the last
Delivering maternal health services in Rwanda: The role of politics
Working paper 106 Download pdf Frederick Golooba-Mutebi with Yvonne Habiyonizeye Studies examining the impact of different kinds of organisational and
Elaborate scaffolding, weak foundations: Business–government relations and economic reform in democratic South Africa
Working paper 105 Download pdf Alan Hirsch and Brian Levy This paper explores the evolution of the business–government dimensions of
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
The politics of local content legislation in Ghana
Working paper 104 Download pdf Ishmael Ayanoore The resurgence in local content reforms in most oil-rich Africa countries is broadly
Globalised growth in largely agrarian contexts: the urban–rural divide
Working paper 101 Download pdf Anirudh Krishna The gulf in living standards is widening between cities and rural areas of
The political economy of social protection in Mozambique
Working paper 103 Download pdf Lars Buur and Padil Salimo In the view of international donors, multilateral organisations and government
Decentralisation and teacher accountability: How the political settlement shapes governance in the education sector at sub-national levels in Ghana
Working paper 102 Download pdf Edward Ampratwum, Mohammed Awal and Franklin Oduro Despite a series of reforms designed to improve
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
Transitions between growth episodes: Do institutions matter and do some institutions matter more?
Working paper 99 Download pdf Selim Raihan, Sabyasachi Kar and Kunal Sen This paper examines the institutional and political determinants of the
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
State-movement partnership in Uganda: Co-producing an enabling environment for urban poverty reduction?
Working paper 98 Download pdf Sophie King and Peter Kasaija An increasing body of knowledge is emerging about the ways in