PODCAST – Professor Victoria Lawson lecture on re-politicising poverty
7 November 2018 Head of the Relational Poverty Network and Professor of Geography at The University of Washington, Seattle, Prof
Summary of the ESID Annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture – How did the West get China wrong?
Professor Yuen Yuen Ang 31 October 2018 For decades, Western observers expected that as China’s economy liberalises
Poverty and social injustice: why are people advocating a ‘relational’ approach? (and what does that mean anyway?)
18 October 2018 Chris Lyon The Effective States and Inclusive Development workshop: “Rethinking social justice and the public realm: what
Workshop: Rethinking social justice and the public realm: what can relational approaches offer?
Rethinking social justice and the public realm: what can relational approaches offer? On Thu 1st and Fri 2nd November ESID
EVENT – Re-politicising poverty – a lecture on relational approaches
11 October 2018 On 1st and 2nd November we're hosting a two-day workshop on rethinking social justice and the public
Effective states reduce poverty faster
10th October 2018 Antonio Savoia and M. Niaz Asadullah Can poverty be eradicated is the biggest question for development.
WATCH: Effective housing solutions for the urban poor
Professor Diana Mitlin outlines key factors involved in designing effective housing solutions for the urban poor, as part of our
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
Co-producing knowledge about government vision, commitment and capacity to reduce urban poverty in Uganda
28 June 2016 By Sophie King in conversation with Katana Goretti, Peter Kasaija and Silver Owere In the first
WATCH: Duncan Green on How Change Happens (and how to make it happen)
https://youtu.be/2KRh37IIBPI
Report from the UNU-WIDER symposium on ‘The Political Economy of Social Protection in Developing Countries’ – Mexico City
25 February 2016 Kate Pruce The sculpture below in Mexico City is called ‘El Ángel de la
At what point will we do something about inequality?
20 January 2016 Professor David Hulme Oxfam’s annual inequality report finds that extreme polarisation – the ownership of global assets
David Hulme's take on the new UK Aid Strategy
ESID's CEO David Hulme gives his address as President to The Development Studies Association 16 December 2015 By David Hulme A
The majority of the world's poor are in school so why aren't they learning?
30 September 2015 ESID Researcher Lant Pritchett has written for The Guardian on the need for research into rapidly improving
Watch: Prof. David Hulme on prospects for the Sustainable Development Goals
24 September 2015 Effective States CEO Professor David Hulme discusses the implications of the Sustainable Development Goals in a new
High quality education for national development
28 May 2015 By David Hulme. [Reposted from Development at Manchester] Education is still considered a key strategy for reducing
Back to "National Development": Lant Pritchett's quest for Millennium Development Ideals
21 July 2014. Last week ESID hosted Lant Pritchett's public lecture on "Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The risks of defining
"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
Thinking Aloud – News from SANEM
9 June 2014. by Selim Raihan. ESID partners, SANEM (South Asian Network on Economic Modeling) have launched a new monthly
‘Transformational politics’ in India? Whatever happened to social justice?
15 May 2014. By Indrajit Roy. Political pundits have described the just-concluded elections in India as ‘transformational’. However, none of
“It’s the economy, stupid”: How the poor economic performance of the UPA regime is a key issue in the Indian elections
8 May 2014. By Kunal Sen. (Originally posted on the Ballots & Bullets blog.) Along with corruption, a stagnant economy
Guest post: How "poor" economics informs the political culture of Bangladesh
26 March 2014. By Binayak Sen. Bangladesh's experience of the last two decades suggests that decent long-term economic development can