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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. Scholars and practitioners have increasingly recognised that development is fundamentally political, and efforts are underway to develop more politically...

  • Aid effectiveness
  • Donors
  • Evidence
Journal Article
What Does the Evidence Tell Us about ‘Thinking and Working Politically’ in Development Assistance?

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

  • Aid effectiveness
  • Donors
  • Evidence
Working Paper
Pro-poor growth in Indonesia

This chapter addresses the unrelenting pessimism in Asian Drama about Indonesia’s development prospects. This pessimism was based on two key realities: the poor level of governance demonstrated by the Sukarno regime (partly a heritage of Dutch...

  • Governance
  • Poverty
  • Pro-poor
Working Paper
Do fences make good neighbours?

India 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. This paper uses a variety of tests to detect structural...

  • Conflict
  • Violence
  • Governance
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New industrial policy and the extractive industries

Industrial 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. For the extractive industries this development poses a challenge...

  • Natural resources
  • Extractive industries
  • Governance
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Inequality, good governance and endemic corruption

Can 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. Many evade tax payments...

  • Corruption
  • Tax administration data
  • Governance
Working Paper
The role of governance and international norms in managing natural resources

The 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. What is meant by governance can span a wide range of components, while...

  • Governance
  • Transparency
  • Natural resources
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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. We focus on budget institutions in developing economies...

  • State capacity
  • Administrative capacity
  • Public finance management
Book Chapter
New industrial policy and the extractive industries

Part of Book Extractive Industries

  • Natural resources
  • Extractive industries
  • Governance
Book Chapter
The role of governance and international norms for managing natural resources

Part of Book Extractive Industries

  • Governance
  • Transparency
  • Natural resources
Book Chapter
Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governance

Part of Book Extractive Industries

  • Oil
  • Gas
  • Natural resources
Book Chapter
Governance and the reversal of women's rights

Part of Book Towards Gender Equity in Development

  • Public service delivery
  • Maternal and child health
  • Citizen engagement
Book Chapter
Political economy and governance

Part of Book Extractive Industries

  • Natural resources
  • Extractives
  • Political economy
Working Paper
Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governance

Donor interest in the extractives sector is based upon the premise that it represents an opportunity to improve a country’s development prospects. However, in many cases the presence of extractive resources is associated with poor economic...

  • Oil
  • Gas
  • Natural resources
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3rd Annual workshop: Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust
22 April 2021 – 23 April 2021
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
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Aid in a Post-2015 World

Now out the ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme summary which outlines 15 key findings relevant to the post-2015 agenda.

  • Foreign aid
  • Social sectors
  • Gender equality
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