WATCH: Seminal author James Robinson at DSA on why we need to focus more on the micro
James Robinson, author of Why Nations Fail, argues that politics of development research needs to move from the macro to
Two cheers for the (draft) 2017 Governance and the Law World Development Report
Brian Levy 21 September 2016 This post first appeared on Brian's blog Working with the Grain. The 2017 WDR (temporarily
Three lessons from APSA on the politics of development
By Pablo Yanguas 6 September 2016 On September 1st I was lucky to participate in a panel summarising ESID's core
Has Chhattisgarh done better than Jharkhand in promoting inclusive development? A political settlements analysis of two newly created mineral rich Indian states
Vasudha Chhotray 9 September 2016 Leading academics and policy experts recently met at the Centre for Policy
WATCH: A workshop on newly created Indian states at the Centre for Policy Research, India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8sLKSPbRpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLg6l4Bl_kM&feature=youtu.be
NEW VIDEO: Sam Hickey's Edinburgh lecture – What do you get from a political settlements perspective?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzRrglNxGGs
EVENT: Have newly created Indian states promoted inclusive development?
Anna Webster 8 August 2016 Leading academics and policy experts, including India's top public intellectual, Dr Pratap
LISTEN: Podcast of Sam Hickey at Australia National University – Presenting our findings
25 July 2016 Our Research Director Professor Sam Hickey delivered this seminar to The Development Policy Centre at Australia National University on
Thinking and working with political settlements
5 July 2016 Tim Kelsall This post first appeared on Fragile States This article aims to give some advice
LISTEN – Beyond add women and stir: Can political settlement analysis take on a stronger gender focus?
29 June 2016 In this podcast, Naomi Hossain of IDS interprets a paper by Sohela Nazneen and Sam Hickey on
Spotlight on an ESID Researcher: Tim Kelsall
24 June 2016 Tell us a bit about your background I grew up in Manchester, went to university in Oxford
WATCH: Takeaways from Rockefeller Centre on what's exciting about the political settlement framework
Badru Bukeyna & Abdul Gafaru Abdulai nearly get run over by a robot lawnmower...And talk about their takeaways from ESID's
Rockefeller Centre Live Vlog: Day 3 – Reflections from Prof. Brian Levy on how far we've come
Professor Brian Levy of John Hopkins University reflects on how far we've travelled towards investigating how politics matters for development:
Upcoming event: Going beyond 'politics matters' – ESID's approach and findings
3 June 2016 On 6 July, our Research Director, Professor Sam Hickey will deliver a lecture at Australian National
The role and responsibility of foreign aid in recipient political settlements
10 May 2016 Pablo Yanguas’ recent ESID working paper acknowledges that foreign aid is a major transnational influence in many
ESID at the Development Studies Association Conference
19th April 2016 The Global Development Institute are taking a lead role in convening seven panels at
Political settlements approach to extractive industries in Eastern Africa
Marja Hinfelaar 15 April 2016 In February, I presented some of our ESID research findings on the politics of natural
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
Where are we up to? Ten minutes with Merilee Grindle
16 November 2015 By Anna Webster Last week, a fantastic mix of researchers from around the world came together in
Breaking the rules, breaking the game: Ideas and protest in the shifting Honduran political settlement
7 October 2015 By Sarah Hunt. One aspect of ESID’s novel approach to political settlements is to examine the role
Transnational capital and the political settlement of Ghana’s oil economy
7 July 2015 By Kojo Asante and Giles Mohan. How has Ghana – one of Africa’s most celebrated democracies –
Reinventing the gender-blind wheel?
26 May 2015 By Pablo Yanguas. A week ago I participated in the OECD-DAC's INCAF workshop on PSG1. Too many