WEBINAR – The politics of building state capacity in Africa: What role for ‘pockets of effectiveness’?
Dr Marja Hinfelaar, SAIPAR Associate Professor Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai, University of Ghana Dr Badru Bukenya, Makerere University Chair: Professor Sam Hickey,
LIVE STREAMED EVENT – Anthony Bebbington speaks at Oxfam America on Extractive Industries, Inclusion, Rights and Climate
Political Settlements and Extractive Industries: Implications for Inclusion, Rights and Climate When: Thursday, 4 April, 2019 12 - 2pm Where:
The politics of gender equity in the Global South
8 March 2019 Professor of Politics and expert on gender and institutions, Georgina Waylen, is a contributor to the forthcoming ESID
Prof Sam Hickey on The UN Global Dispatches Podcast – How countries can avoid the resource curse
12 February 2018 Our Research Director, Professor Sam Hickey, is this week featured on The UN Global Dispatches Podcast. He talks
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
EVENT IN GHANA – Symposium on the future of dams
5 June 2018 Our Ghanaian friends and colleagues or anyone in Ghana on June 11th, join us for an important
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
Ghana now has free senior high school education – but how do we ensure quality outcomes?
4 December 2017 Experts on the politics of education from Ghana's Centre for Democratic Development, Mohammed Awal and Franklin Oduro investigate the
NEWS: Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai is awarded 2017 Gerti Hesseling Prize
30th August 2017 We are delighted to announce that Dr Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai has been awarded the prestigious 2017 Gerti Hesseling
Drilling down into the drivers of extractive industry governance
Anthony Bebbington 4 July 2017 When a country discovers that it has valuable mineral deposits under its soil, some would say it
The politics of mining and the resource curse in Ghana
Abdul Gafaru Abdulai 12 June 2017 Why are some mineral-dependent countries able to translate natural resource wealth
WATCH: What needs to happen about illegal mining in Ghana?
8 June 2017 Known as 'galamsey', illegal small-scale mining has really captured the attention of the media and the public
FINDINGS: Competitive politics and the challenge of combating illegal mining in Ghana
1 June 2017 Dr Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai In the last three months, the Ghanaian media landscape has been dominated by discussions
Building effective states beyond competitive democracy in Ghana
By Dr Daniel Appiah and Dr Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai 18 April 2017 It is widely accepted that the creation of
WATCH: New film on the Center for Democratic Development, our partner in Ghana
This new video featuring our Ghanaian researchers was made in Ghana and tells the story of the partnership between ESID
WATCH: Exciting new film on our research in Ghana
This new film, featuring our Ghanaian researchers, was made in Ghana and reveals our key findings on the politics of
LISTEN: A podcast of our findings on public sector reform in Ghana
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Spotlight on an ESID researcher: Franklin Oduro
15 April 2016 What is your educational background? I am a political scientist by training. My first degree was in
What are our findings on Ghana?
Anna Webster 13 April 2016 So the ESID team are back in Manchester following a great week
The challenge of public sector reform in Ghana
By Pablo Yanguas 5 April 2016 Will legal reform be enough? How can regular people be involved in debates about effectiveness?
Taking our research findings to Ghana
Kojo Asante 29 March 2016 Next week we are excited to be visiting Ghana to disseminate our research
In it to win it? How powerful political elites manipulate education resources in Ghana
11 January 2016 ESID's Abdul Gafaru Abdulai and Sam Hickey have just published their article on Ghana's political settlement