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The sequencing debate is over… or is it?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 17 August 2012

'There seems to be an emerging consensus that advanced budget reforms should not be attempted in developing countries before budgetary basics have been soundly established. In many countries, this may well mean a focus on budgetary basics for the foreseeable future, consigning more advanced techniques to the inbox of another generation of budget officials.'

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The political economy of the use of knowledge in urban resilience and natural disaster risk management in the Philippines

Projects - August 2012

This study focuses on the political economy of the use of knowledge and research evidence in the design and delivery of urban resilience measures in the Philippines.

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Tearfund water, sanitation and hygiene service delivery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: contributions to peace-building and state-building

Publication - Research reports and studies - 31 July 2012

Michelle Kooy and Sarah Bailey

This country report is part of a one-year DFID-funded research project implemented by Tearfund and ODI. The research explores the links between service delivery of water supply and sanitation and the wider processes of state-building and peace-building in fragile and conflict-affected states.

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The political economy of knowledge use in the health sector in Cambodia

Projects - July 2012 to November 2012

This study will look at the dynamics of decision making in the health sector in Cambodia. Taking a broad view from the formulation to the implementation of health policy, it will look at how knowledge, policy and power interact to shape decisions and outcomes.

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Political Economy Analysis of Kenya workshop

Event - Workshop - 18 June 2012

ODI facilitated a one-day workshop to provide Plan staff with key tools to undertake political economy analysis, with a special focus on the Kenyan context and the education sector in particular.

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Political economy analysis for operations in water and sanitation: a guidance note

Publication - Briefing papers - 23 April 2012

Michelle Kooy and Daniel Harris

This guidance note provides an overview of how political economy thinking can be integrated into WASH sector programmes. The objective is to identify entry points for mobilising change and adjust or design programmes to maximise their effectiveness.

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Political economy of regionalism in West Africa

Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 March 2012

Vikki Chambers, Marta Foresti and Daniel Harris

This report provides the final recommendations of a scoping exercise intended to identify priorities among various dimensions of West African regionalism that might be the focus of useful political-economy work.

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Political economy realities in the Chinese health sector

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 6 March 2012

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Daniel Harris and Jenny Qu Wang

This paper applies political economy analysis to health financing in China and proposes that the political economy of health financing affects the ability of reforms to address the challenges presented by China’s significant population of internal migrants.

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Improving maternal health when resources are limited: Safe motherhood in rural Rwanda

Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 February 2012

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Vikki Chambers

Over the past decade, Rwanda has managed to overcome many of the critical bottlenecks to make impressive progress on maternal health. This policy brief documents the progress being made and indicates that service delivery bottlenecks can be overcome without additional material resources.

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