Distributing social transfers in Rwanda: The case of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP)
Download pdf Working paper 160 Timothy P. Williams, Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo, Tom Lavers and Eric Ndushabandi This paper examines the political dynamics shaping
Revenue extraction is not enough: The ambiguous effectiveness of the Rwandan Revenue Authority
Working paper 157 Download pdf Benjamin Chemouni The objective of this paper is to understand the RRA’s relatively high, and
The political economy of central bank effectiveness: The case of National Bank of Rwanda
Working paper 151 Download pdf Pritish Behuria In a survey conducted in Rwanda by the Pockets of Effectiveness project, the
Political settlements and the implementation of maternal health policy in the developing world: A comparative case study of Rwanda, Ghana, Uganda and Bangladesh
Working paper 137 Download pdf Tim Kelsall Maternal health, and in particular the issue of reducing maternal mortality, has been
The rise of the economic technocracy in Rwanda: A case of a bureaucratic pocket of effectiveness or state-building prioritisation?
Working paper 120 Download pdf Benjamin Chemouni The Rwandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) is recognised as the
African development and the marginalisation of domestic capitalists
Working paper 115 Download pdf Pritish Behuria The revival of industrial policy discussions has operated in parallel to reports of
The persistent challenges of development in Rwanda
18 April 2019 Pritish Behuria This article appeared in a special edition of The East African for #Kwibuka25 in commemoration
Can politics help explain persistently low education quality in Rwanda?
3 April 2019 Tim Williams Based on Dr William's research published in World Development, this post was originally featured as
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
Profile of an ESID expert – Pritish Behuria
27 November 2018 Pritish Behuria is a Hallsworth Research Fellow at The Global Development Institute (GDI), The University of
The politics of upgrading in global value chains: The case of Rwanda’s coffee sector
Working paper 108 Download pdf Pritish Behuria Two parallel tracks of research on economic transformation in developing countries have operated
The political economy of maternal healthcare in Ghana
Working paper 107 Download pdf Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai Despite substantial improvements in access to health services in Ghana during the last
Delivering maternal health services in Rwanda: The role of politics
Working paper 106 Download pdf Frederick Golooba-Mutebi with Yvonne Habiyonizeye Studies examining the impact of different kinds of organisational and
WATCH – Benjamin Chemouni on pockets of effectiveness in Rwanda
7 August 2018 Watch our ESID researcher in Rwanda, Dr Benjamin Chemouni, on his new research into pockets of effectiveness
New article in World Development: Why has Rwanda achieved the top health insurance enrolment in Sub-Saharan Africa?
11 April 2018 ESID researcher Benjamin Chemouni has published his research on social protection as an open access article
Tim Williams wins 2018 Joyce Cain Award for outstanding scholarly article
2 April 2018 We are thrilled that ESID researcher Tim Williams’s paper on the politics of education policy in
Political settlements, women’s representation and gender equality: The 2008 gender-based violence law and gender parity in primary and secondary education in Rwanda
Working paper 94 Download pdf Jennie E. Burnet and Jeanne d’Arc Kanakuze This paper explores the ways in which power
Varieties of state-building in Africa: Elites, ideas and the politics of public sector reform
Working paper 89 Download pdf Pablo Yanguas Why do some states in Africa seem to be stuck in a spiral
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
Tim Williams' education in Rwanda research published in World Development
Congratulations to ESID researcher Tim Williams, whose paper, 'The political economy of primary education: Lessons from Rwanda', has been published
The political path to universal health coverage: Elite commitment to community-based health insurance in Rwanda
Working paper 72 Download pdf Benjamin Chemouni Rwanda is the country with the highest enrolment in health insurance in Sub-Saharan