Daniel Harris

Research Fellow, Politics and Governance

Daniel Harris joined ODI in January 2010. After completing his MSc in Development Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008, Dan spent two years working as a consultant and research assistant for ODI and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) on research outputs for the OECD-DAC, the African Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IDRC, UNICEF, Panos, and BMZ. More recently, his research has focused on the political economy of service delivery sector reforms, governance of public goods, and the development of applied political economy analysis methods.

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The technical is political: understanding the political implications of sector characteristics for education service delivery

Publication - Research reports and studies - 2 September 2013

Daniel Harris, Richard Batley, Claire Mcloughlin and Joseph Wales

The education sector has characteristics that have political as well as technical implications. They affect the ways in which individuals and groups interact in relation to the delivery of education services. Achieving improvements in sector outcomes demands strategies that are politically feasible and effective as well as technically sufficient.

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Finding solutions: making sense of the politics of service delivery

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 March 2013

Daniel Harris and Leni Wild

This brief lays out a case for better diagnostics capable of identifying specific governance constraints to service delivery in a way that can inform policy and programming decisions aimed at improving sector outcomes.

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Politics of a national employment guarantee scheme in Nepal: an initial assessment of feasibility

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 March 2013

Daniel Harris, Anna McCord and Sony KC

This report explores the political economy of the development of a national employment guarantee scheme (EGS) in Nepal, making an initial assessment of the feasibility of the development and implementation of such a programme.

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Applied political economy analysis: a problem-driven framework

Publication - Toolkits - 31 March 2013

Daniel Harris

This framework helps practitioners and researchers to use political economy analysis to understand and respond to practical problems.

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Human resources for health in Nepal - the politics of access in remote areas

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 March 2013

Daniel Harris, Joseph Wales, Harry Jones and Dr. Tirtha Rana, with Roshan Lal Chitrakar

This country evidence note explores the political economy dynamics associated with attempts to ensure access to qualified human resources for health (HRH) in remote rural areas of Nepal where low ratios of skilled health personnel per head of population persist.

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