New book: Making the State Work
4 August 2015 Professor David Hulme, ESID's CEO, introduces this new edition of Governance, Management and Development: Making the State
The challenges of managing development differently
8 April 2015 By Pablo Yanguas. On April 2nd ODI hosted a group of aid practitioners and public sector researchers
Social accountability or social transformation? Working ‘with’ and ‘against’ the grain
06 March 2015 By Sophie King Social accountability has become an important ‘buzzword’ among development actors seeking to understand the
Undertaking PSR research in Uganda
2 March 2015 By Badru Bukenya. Research projects that rely on elite/expert interviews with government bureaucrats and politicians are quite
Why such a commitment to public sector reform in Rwanda?
By Dr Benjamin Chemouni 17 February 2015 The case of public sector reforms in Rwanda is apparently exceptional. As mentioned
Researching the politics of public sector reforms in Malawi
15 January 2015. By Henry Chingaipe. The Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Programme has commissioned a multi-country study
Dr Henry Chingaipe
Role Henry Chingaipe is a Director and Lead Consultant at the Institute for Policy Research and Social Empowerment, based in
The reality of the zero-aid budget in Malawi
24 September 2014 By Blessings Chinsinga. The new government of Malawi that was ushered into power following the 20 May
‘They don’t want to work’ versus ‘They don’t want to provide work’: Seeking explanations for the decline of MGNREGA in Rajasthan
Working paper 31 Download pdf Deepta Chopra This paper presents a political economy explanation for the dramatic decline of MGNREGA
What's our way out of faith-based public sector interventions? A conversation with Nick Manning
2 July 2014. By Pablo Yanguas and Rowena Harding. Nick Manning retired in December 2013 from the position of Head
Putting the spring back into the Indian economy
17 June 2014. By Sabyasachi Kar. (This post first appeared on The Hindu on 10 June 2014). Reviving growth and
Dr Benjamin Chemouni
Role Dr Chemouni is a Assistant Professor at Université Catholique de Louvain, and a Leverhulme early career fellow at the
Dr Badru Bukenya
Role Badru Bukenya is a lecturer at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration.
Politics, informality and clientelism – exploring a pro-poor urban politics
Working paper 34 Download pdf Diana Mitlin Abstract This paper explores what we have learnt about how to instigate, negotiate
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
The politics of core public sector reform: Leadership, social accountability and policy adaptation
Objective This project analyses whether 'new' approaches to public sector reform (PSR) centred on leadership, social accountability or policy adaptation
Dr Pablo Yanguas
Role Pablo Yanguas is Research Fellow at the Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) research centre, where he leads research
Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda
Working paper 27 Download pdf Matt Andrews and Lawrence Bategeka Abstract This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been
Building state capacity for inclusive development: The politics of public sector reform
Working paper 25 Download pdf Badru Bukenya and Pablo Yanguas Abstract A capable state is essential for inclusive development, and