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What does the evidence tell us about ‘thinking and working politically’ in development assistance?This paper critically reviews evidence on ‘thinking and working politically’ in development...
Aid effectiveness Donors evidenceBook Chapter
Governance and the reversal of women's rights: The case of abortion in El SalvadorFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Public service delivery Maternal and child health Citizen engagementBook Chapter
Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governance: Lessons from NigeriaFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Oil Gas Natural resourcesBook Chapter
The role of governance and international norms for managing natural resourcesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Governance Transparency Natural resourcesBook Chapter
New industrial policy and the extractive industriesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Natural resources extractives industry GovernanceBook Chapter
Political economy and governanceFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Natural resources Extractives Political economyWorking Paper
Pro-poor growth in Indonesia: Challenging the pessimism of Myrdal’s Asian DramaThis chapter addresses the unrelenting pessimism in Asian Drama about Indonesia’s development prospects...
Governance Poverty Pro-poorWorking Paper
Inequality, good governance and endemic corruptionCan a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We examine a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a ‘culture of evasion’ damages state authority...
Corruption Tax administration data GovernanceWorking Paper
What determines administrative capacity in developing countries?While it is recognized that effective state institutions are pivotal for economic development, it is not well understood what their origins are and what explains their cross-country differences...
state capacity Administrative capacity Public finance managementWorking Paper
The role of governance and international norms in managing natural resourcesThe governance of natural resource wealth is widely considered to constitute a key determinant in whether the extraction of natural resources proves to be a blessing or a curse...
Governance Transparency Natural resourcesWorking Paper
Governance and the reversal of women’s rights: The case of abortion in El SalvadorStates’ governance of gender is not unidirectional. In addition to ‘stagnation’ and ‘progress’, there can be an active reversal of rights already granted to women...
Abortion Women CrimeBlog
What role for East African hydrocarbons in the global economy post-Paris COP21?
Over the past decade significant hydrocarbon discoveries have been made across East Africa...
Natural resources extractives industry GovernanceWorking Paper
New industrial policy and the extractive industriesIndustrial policy is back. Advocates for industrial policy argue that the important question is not whether such policies should be applied at all, but how to design and implement them...
Natural resources extractives industry GovernanceWorking Paper
Do fences make good neighbours?: Evidence from an insurgency in IndiaIndia has employed a variety of military, political, and economic measures to combat the long running insurgency in Kashmir with little evidence on what contributes to stability in the region...
Conflict Violence GovernanceWorking Paper
Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governance: Lessons from Nigeria and GhanaDonor interest in the extractives sector is based upon the premise that it represents an opportunity to improve a country’s development prospects...
Oil Gas Natural resourcesWorking Paper
Political economy and governanceThis paper reviews the political economy of extractive resources and the associated resources sector governance agenda...
Natural resources Extractives Political economy