The Politics and Governance Programme is a centre for research and policy engagement on political and governance issues in development.
Our aim is to provide this analysis to the international and national development community to achieve more informed and effective policy and practice.
What we work on
Our research and policy advisory work has an overarching focus on how politics and governance can work better for development and alleviate poverty.
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 Our work on political institutions and systems examines the nature of formal and informal institutions and their impact on citizen-state relations and development processes.
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 Fragility is a deeply political phenomenon. Our work seeks to support state-building efforts by focusing on building technical capacities and effectiveness of institutions, power, incentives, and the contract between state and society.
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 We examine the implications for citizen state relations and the linkages between the promotion of rights at the domestic and international level.
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How we work
Our approach is to draw the best research-based thinking into policy debates and practical development work, aiming to support development interventions.
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 We work directly with donors and other practitioners to develop and apply innovative frameworks to analyse and assess governance and rights.
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 We have pioneered the application of political economy analysis to understand the realities of power relations, incentives and change-processes, and improve the effectiveness of development interventions.
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 We aim to bring up-to-date evaluation thinking into the design and implementation of evaluations. This effort is particularly focused on exercises that shed light on major areas of aid or significant innovations in policy.
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About the programme
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Related links
On the ODI website
On the internet
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