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Power, institutions, and state-building after war: A controlled comparison of Rwanda and BurundiI examine whether and how the means through which a civil war ends affects the success of a country’s state-building strategy after conflict...
Civil conflict Political settlements StatebuildingWorking Paper
The state and the ‘legalization’ of illicit financial flows: Trading gold in BoliviaMost research on illicit financial flows (IFFs) has focused on illicit outflows from developing countries and the role of non-state actors in generating IFFs...
Illicit financial flows Political settlements GoldWorking Paper
Residual capacity and the political economy of pandemic response in GhanaOn the whole, poor countries in Africa and elsewhere seem to have weathered the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19) pandemic better than wealthier countries with superior healthcare systems...
COVID-19 State capacity ClientelismNews
UNU-WIDER releases guidebook on economic growth in fragile contexts
Fragile states Inclusive growth Elites Book
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Research Brief
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The politics of promoting social cash transfers in ZambiaFrom the book: The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
Cash transfers Ideas Political settlementsBook Chapter
Pushing for policy innovation: The framing of social protection policies in TanzaniaFrom the book: The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
Social protection Policy entrepreneurs Political settlementsBook Chapter
Distributional concerns, the ‘developmental state’ and the agrarian origins of social assistance in EthiopiaFrom the book: The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
Food security Political settlements Process tracingBook Chapter
Institutions and DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
Institutions Organizations Political settlementsWorking Paper
Institutions and Asia’s development: The role of norms and organizational powerThe role of institutions in Asian development has been intensely contested since Myrdal’s Asian Drama, with later contributions from institutional economics and developmental state theory...
Institutions Organizations Political settlementsWorking Paper
The politics of scaling up social protection in KenyaLiterature on social protection in Kenya shows progress in implementation of cash transfers but not the social health insurance scheme...
Kenya Social protection Cash transfersWorking Paper
The politics of promoting social protection in ZambiaThis paper examines the rise of the social protection agenda in Zambia, and demonstrates that this has two alternative drivers: shifting dynamics within Zambia’s political settlement and the promotional efforts of a transnational policy coaliti...
Cash transfers Ideas Political settlementsWorking Paper
Ideational and institutional drivers of social protection in TanzaniaIn the early 2000s, there was low elite commitment to social protection in Tanzania. Yet, in 2012, the government officially launched a countrywide social safety net programme, and a year later it announced the introduction of an old age pension...
Social protection Policy entrepreneurs Political settlementsWorking Paper
Social protection in an aspiring ‘developmental state’: The political drivers of Ethiopia’s PSNPEthiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme is among the largest social protection programmes in Africa and has been promoted as a model for the continent...
Food security Political settlements Process tracing