David Booth

Director of APPP/Research Fellow, Politics and Governance

David Booth leads the Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP), a five-year consortium research programme dedicated to "discovering institutions that work for poor people”. APPP brings together research organisations and think-tanks in France, Ghana, Niger, Uganda, the UK and the USA. It is undertaking research in nineteen African countries and is supported by DFID and Irish Aid.

David Booth’s other work currently focuses on the political economy of governance-improvement and aid in sub-Saharan Africa and, to a lesser extent, Latin America. Between 2000 and 2009 David was the editor of Development Policy Review.

Formerly a university academic at Hull and Swansea, David has been a Research Fellow at ODI since 1998.

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Political Analysis in Mynmar

Projects - February 2010 to March 2010

Macro-level country analysis to input into decisions about potential SDC cooperation in Mynmar.

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Partnership for African Social & Governance Research

Projects - February 2010 to December 2010

ODI will contribute to this initiative through strategic inputs to the project management board and will work in particular on the stream of work of the initiative which seeks to increase demand for high quality, research-based evidence.

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The impact of the global financial crisis: What does this tell us about state capacity and political incentives to respond to shocks and manage risks?

Projects - December 2009 to October 2010

This research is to ‘understand the political and governance factors which affect states’ ability to effectively respond to external shocks, particularly the global financial crisis, and how policy can be made more responsive and capacity strengthened’

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Analysing governance and political economy in sectors – Joint donor workshop

Event - Workshop - 5 - 6 November 2009

At this joint donor workshop participants discussed their experiences to date in sector-level governance and political economy analysis.

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Aiding economic growth in Africa: The political economy of roads reform in Uganda

Publication - Discussion papers - 10 September 2009

ODI Working Papers 307

David Booth and Frederick Golooba-Mutebi

The national roads system in Uganda is experiencing a period of exceptional activity and promise following a large increase in public spending in the sector and institutional reforms designed to enhance substantially the efficiency of this investment. This report undertakes a political economy study of the changes in the sector as a contribution to thinking about the most suitable form and content of donor support to the reform process.

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