FCDO governance programming in Nigeria: What difference has thinking and working politically made in practice?
The UK’s engagements in Nigeria are a showcase for the gradual integration of a thinking and working politically approach into development practice. This new Working Paper from the Policy Practice provides an overview of these nearly two decades of TWP mainstreaming - both successes and failures.
New Political Economy Analysis in Action training course launched in partnership with ODI
This latest course will equip advisers and programme managers with the tools and the confidence to undertake a political economy analysis, and to apply it to policy and programmes in a wide range of contexts. It will cover ten sessions over a seventeen-week period, requiring about 3-4 hours of study per week (with a mix of self-study, group work and webinars, supported by an inter-active platform).
Please email training@thepolicypractice.com for more information or see the flyer attached.
New publication - From dysfunctional to functional corruption: The politics of reform in Lebanon’s electricity sector
The SOAS-University of London Anti-Corruption Evidence Research Programme, together with The Policy Practice, has published a new report entitled: From dysfunctional to functional corruption: the politics of reform in Lebanon’s electricity sector. The study explores how it has been possible to establish Electricité de Zahlé’s functional, but problematic, electricity service provision within the complex sectarian political context of Lebanon.
New Policy Brief - The PEA of pandemic prevention and preparedness in Africa
New Policy Practice Policy Brief - The Political Economy of Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness in Africa. Using a political economy perspective the policy brief asks why the health security agenda has been neglected in Sub-Saharan Africa and what can be done.