Geographies of urban dominance: The politics of Harare’s periphery
Download pdf Working paper 162 JoAnn McGregor and Kudzai Chatiza This paper examines how Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU(PF) sought to
Zambia’s response to COVID-19 Part 3: Rising infections and falling confidence amidst increased authoritarianism
Our ESID Zambia experts reveal the latest developments in the political response to Covid-19 in Zambia In a provocative piece in
The politics of building effective water utilities in the Global South: A case of NWSC Uganda
Working paper 152 Download pdf Badru Bukenya Although most public water utilities in developing countries perform poorly, some have achieved
Who should get what, how and why? DFID and the transnational politics of social cash transfers
Working paper 131 Download pdf Sam Hickey Jeremy Seekings The proliferation of social cash transfers (SCTs) across much of Africa
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
Professor Ursula Hoadley
Role Ursula Hoadley is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Cape Town. She works
NEW OPEN ACCESS BOOK – Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South: The Politics of Domestic Violence Policy
12 March 2019 "This book provides exciting new ways of thinking about how women’s rights policy change occurs in the Global
Mohammed Awal
Role Mohammed Awal is a research analyst, and social accountability programming team lead at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development
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
How did the West get China wrong? Annual ESID Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture by Professor Yuen Yuen Ang
17 October 2018 ESID together with the Global Development Institute is delighted to be welcoming Dr Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate
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
Dr M. Niaz Asadullah
Role Dr M. Niaz Asadullah is Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, and a Visiting
Public sector reform in Africa: Understanding the paths and politics of change
Briefing No. 28 This briefing explores why some states in Africa seem to be stuck in a spiral of corruption