LISTEN: Emerging messages and lingering questions from our research on Rwanda
We hosted a great workshop in London on 8 May 2017 with some members of the ESID network. Its purpose
EVENT: State-business relations in development seminar
ESID are linking up with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) for a one-day workshop at the National Council For Voluntary
LISTEN: Nic van de Walle at Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture
The audio of last week's annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture is now available online. Listen below to what was a great
WATCH: Nic van de Walle at Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture
The annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture took place yesterday, with a great lecture by Cornell University professor and leading expert
The Politics of Inclusive Development: Interrogating the Evidence
13 January 2015. Among those engaged in policy and planning of development, there is growing recognition that politics and institutions
Working with the grain: Brian Levy's visit to Manchester
21 November 2014 ESID and Brooks World Poverty Institute are hosting Brian Levy, professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS and the
Political settlements applied to urban development: 5 key questions
15 August 2014 By Kate Pruce and Pablo Yanguas. In July ESID hosted a small research workshop devoted to the
"The MDGs were a disaster": Meet Lant Pritchett
10 July 2014. The ESID partnership includes many dedicated and accomplished researchers, but few are as outspoken and immune to
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
Stanford workshop: Measuring State Quality
2 April 2014. By Kunal Sen. On 2-4 March 2014 the Stanford Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of
Designing ESID's research on Public Sector Reform
31 March 2014. By Pablo Yanguas. With "Effective States" as the first half of our name (and the entirety of
Governance as a Global Development Goal?
25 March 2014. There is increasing recognition that governance matters, to the point of considering it a desirable global development
Why state capacity matters for the post-2015 development agenda and how we should measure it
Briefing No. 4 As the international community debates the post-2015 development goals, there is an increasing realisation that governance is
Professor Sam Hickey
Role Sam Hickey is Professor of Politics and Development at the University of Manchester, and Joint Director of Research at
Institutions, incentives and service provision: Bringing politics back in
Working paper 18 Download pdf Brian Levy and Michael Walton Abstract This paper outlines a conceptual framework for analysing the
Developing the guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite commitment and inclusive growth
Working paper 16 Download pdf Lant Pritchett and Eric Werker Abstract Two key unanswered questions in theories of growth are
Measurement and evolution of state capacity: exploring a lesser known aspect of governance
Working paper 10 Download pdf Antonio Savoia and Kunal Sen Abstract This paper offers an overview of the strengths and
Annotated bibliography on developmental states, political settlements and citizen formation
Working paper 4 Download pdf Laura Routley Abstract ESID Research Associate Laura Routley has produced an annotated bibliography as part

Thinking about the politics of inclusive development: Towards a relational approach
Working paper 1 Download pdf Sam Hickey Abstract Moving beyond the mantra that ‘politics matters’, a range of conceptual approaches
State capacity and inclusive development: new challenges and directions
Working paper 2 Download pdf Matthias vom Hau Abstract This paper takes stock of recent advancements in the literature on