Applied political economy analysis: a problem-driven framework
This framework helps practitioners and researchers to use political economy analysis to understand and respond to practical problems.
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The technical is political - why understanding the political implications of technical characteristics can help improve service delivery
Daniel Harris, Claire Mcloughlin and Leni WildThis brief explains why and how technical characteristics of particular sectors influence the incentives for politicians, service providers and service users, and the relationships between these groups. -
Kenya election 2013: not such a rosy picture?
In an outspoken interview following an ODI event looking at the prospects for governance in Kenya and Ghana, journalist Michela Wrong expressed her view that the Kenyan elections were deeply flawed saying:
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Kenya's peaceful election doesn't make it a healthy democracy
'Overall, there is room to interpret the Kenyan elections with some optimism, but there are also real grounds for concern. Whether one sees the glass as half full or half empty, one thing is clear. This is no time to be complacent. The fate of Kenyan democracy hangs in the balance.' -
Tearfund WASH service delivery in South Sudan: contributions to peace-building and state-building
Mickelle Kooy and Leni WildThis report forms part of a one-year DFID-funded research project, implemented by Tearfund and ODI, that aims to explore 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. It has focused on Tearfund’s water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions implemented through the ‘Capacity Building to Improve Humanitarian Action in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene’ programme, funded by DFID CHASE. The objective of the programme was to increase the capacity of Tearfund disaster management team operations, local partner projects and local government departments in conflict-affected and humanitarian contexts, to support improved access to potable water, sanitation and public health education (PHE), resulting in sustainable improved health, well-being and dignity for grassroots communities. -
Aid and fragility: the challenges of building peaceful and effective states
Fragile states have been a leading priority in international development thinking and practice, starting in the 1990s. This chapter looks at how donor thinking on the concept of fragility has evolved and how the statebuilding agenda emerged. It explores some frameworks that the international assistance community has developed to foster more peaceful states and societies, as well as the proposals that have been developed by a growing group of fragile states known as the g7+ towards that same goal. The chapter then analyses some of the tensions and dilemmas that are embedded in statebuilding processes. By way of conclusion, the chapter asks whether current international engagement in fragile states is fit for purpose, and what some of the challenges in ongoing donor practices are, in promoting more effective statebuilding efforts. -
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Source: FlickrElections in Kenya and Ghana: what prospects for political and economic governance?
This event is the first meeting in an ODI series on ‘Elections, legitimacy and transitions: lessons from emerging democracies’. This timely event will look at two countries electoral trajectories: Kenya and Ghana.
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Political economy of agricultural policy in Africa
This conference brings together key figures from research, politics, donor organisations and civil society to explore what motivates African governments to invest in different kinds of agricultural development, the influence of domestic politics, external donors and pan-African networks have as well as examining how successful civil society can be in pushing for more pro-poor agricultural policy in Africa. David Booth, will present research findings exploring policy and governance in Africa’s economic transformation.
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Localising aid: sustaining change in the public, private and civil society sectors
This major new report looks at whether transferring aid to or through national systems and organisations strengthens them over the long term. -
Two steps forward, one step back? Governance in the post 2015 framework
'Some big gaps for me were the lack of connections made to the Sustainable Development Goals (including around global governance) and a lack of reflection on the experiences of fragile and conflict affected countries.'