Lawmakers meet during a session of Parliament in Accra
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'Politics matters’: this sentiment has increasingly come to accrue normative dimensions across the international development community in the last decade. Theincorporation of politics into the design and practice of development,however, has not been as smooth as this rhetoric might suggest. Thecommissioning and use of political economy analyses by donoragencies has been widespread for years but has largely failed to gaintraction at the operational level. This panel explored why thisdiffusion of politics and development has been so problematic.
Women meet with policy makers in Rabat, Morocco
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This event will analyse innovative civil society initiatives to combat corruption and promote greater accountability in different settings across the developing world, seeking to understand when such efforts have been successful and why.
As Guinea gears up for its long overdue legislative elections on 27 June, one important issue is being overlooked. In the long process of diplomatic negotiations, external carrot waving, political unrest and violent opposition protests, the elections are seen as the final rather than the first step in the democratic process. The international community believes that the elections are indispensable for Guinea to establish legitimacy and unlock its development potential and they may be right.
On Wednesday, ODI hosted a great discussion on half-won revolutions, rivers that run deep and things that are obvious and yet hard to do. We were discussing the relationship between politics and development, what, in their excellent new book,Tom Carothers and Diane de Gramont call ‘the almost revolution’.
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ODI are delighted to host Thomas Carothers and Diane de Gramont who will present insights from their new book that assesses the progress and pitfalls of the attempted politics revolution in development aid. The event contributes to ongoing dialogue and analysis hosted by ODI on the politics of public goods and service provision, and provides an opportunity to reflect on a range of experience, from a number of sectors, in developing more politically smart aid approaches.
