Competitive clientelism and the politics of core public sector reform in Ghana
Working paper 82 Download pdf Daniel Appiah and Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai Although Ghana has implemented several donor-sponsored public sector reforms (PSRs)
The Bangladesh paradox: Why has politics performed so well for development?
Briefing No. 27 This briefing paper examines why and how political processes in Bangladesh have performed so well when the
The politics of negotiating gender equity in Bangladesh
Working paper 76 Download pdf Sohela Nazneen and Rezwan Masud In Bangladesh there is a paradox when it comes to securing
Leadership, stakeholders and learner performance in four Western Cape schools
Working paper 61 Download pdf Ursula Hoadley, Brian Levy, Lawule Shumane and Shelly Wilburn Abstract This paper explores some micro-level
The politics of promoting social protection in Zambia
Working paper 75 Download pdf Kate Pruce and Sam Hickey The rise of the social protection agenda in Zambia over the
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,
Corporate social responsibility and political settlements in the mining sector in Ghana, Zambia and Peru
Working paper 74 Download pdf Tomas Frederiksen This paper explores and compares the political effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Social protection in an aspiring ‘developmental state’: The political drivers of Ethiopia’s PSNP
Working paper 73 Download pdf Tom Lavers Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is among the largest social protection programmes
Promoting urban poverty reduction in Uganda: Lessons for Slum-Dweller Federations
Briefing No. 26 The Transforming Settlements for the Urban Poor (TSUPU) Programme was formed in 2010 as a partnership between
Promoting urban poverty reduction in Uganda: Lessons from TSUPU municipalities
Briefing No. 25 The Transforming Settlements for the Urban Poor (TSUPU) Programme sought to align national, municipal and community urban
Promoting urban poverty reduction: Lessons from Uganda
Briefing No. 24 Uganda has one of the highest urban growth rates in the world. An estimated 60 percent of
New book by Kunal Sen and Sabyasachi Kar
ESID's Kunal Sen and Sabyasachi Kar have just published a new title, The Political Economy of India's Growth Episodes. Described
The political path to universal health coverage: Elite commitment to community-based health insurance in Rwanda
Working paper 72 Download pdf Benjamin Chemouni Rwanda is the country with the highest enrolment in health insurance in Sub-Saharan
Social protection in an aspiring ‘developmental state’: The political drivers of community-based health insurance in Ethiopia
Working paper 71 Download pdf Tom Lavers Ethiopia has been piloting and scaling up a community-based health insurance scheme for
Democracy versus dictatorship? The political determinants of growth episodes
Working paper 70 Download pdf Kunal Sen, Lant Pritchett, Sabyasachi Kar and Selim Raihan In contrast to previous literature, which
The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda
Working paper 69 Download pdf Sam Hickey and Badru Bukenya In 2015 the Government of Uganda agreed to start rolling
Understanding elite commitment to social protection: Rwanda’s Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme
Working paper 68 Download pdf Tom Lavers This paper examines the political economy of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP)
The politics and governance of basic education: A tale of two South African provinces
Working paper 67 Download pdf Brian Levy, Robert Cameron, Ursula Hoadley and Vinothan Naidoo This paper synthesises the findings of
Public sector reform in Uganda: behind the façade
Briefing No. 23 While reforms in Uganda in the 1980s and 1990s aimed at achieving public sector efficiency, those in
The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda
Briefing No. 22 The promotion of social protection in Uganda has been a highly political affair, closely shaped by political
Governing health care in Uganda: explaining the mixed record on delivering rural maternal health services
Briefing No. 21 Maternal and child health conditions account for over 20 percent of the total disease burden in Uganda.
From schooling to learning: Is Uganda committed to increasing the quality of basic education?
Briefing No. 20 Developments in the Ugandan education sector since 1996 paint a picture of increased enrolments, but little or