GovEnable clinics in Islamabad, Kinshasa and Nairobi
During May 2023, Laure-Hélène, TPP Director, and Ben French, TPP Associate, delivered workshops in Islamabad, Kinshasa and Nairobi to introduce government officials and World Bank staff to a new way of designing and implementing public financial management reforms - based on participatory diagnostics, reform preparation and action planning.
Called GovEnable, this new approach, developed by the World Bank's Governance Practice, draws on the latest development and governance evidence which recommends a problem-driven and more iterative approach to external financing and technical assistance. It is very well aligned with global thinking on ‘thinking and working politically’ and the use of political economy analysis which The Policy Practice disseminates.
Participants appreciated the interactive style - and also learned new tools and techniques.
'Normally workshops make me dose off. But this one made me enjoy a lot while learning.’
'I loved how you made us go through each step by actually performing it and help us prepare an action plan.’
'I valued the use of post-its to express oneself, the equality in the use of speech and the sense of humour of the facilitators.'
'I leave enriched with new knowledge in my intellectual library: the links between problem analysis to the matrix of actions to implementing solutions. I hope to pass it on to others to analyse their problems of the state of reform.'
Financial Times article on 'how to rethink climate change'
TPP Director Neil McCulloch’s book Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies: the politics of saving the planet was featured in the Financial Times (paywalled) as one of three good books on ‘How to rethink climate change’.
A Policy Brief summarising the book's main messages is available here.
New blog from Laure-Hélène Piron and Alina Rocha Menocal with Kate Byom - What does politically smart support to democracy and human rights look like?
Duncan Green has published this blog to coincide with a webinar on “Making a difference: How Applied Political Economy Analysis contributes to impact through better informed decisions” on Wednesday 24 May. It shares the findings of a Learning Review on the use of PEA in three USAID-funded human rights projects under the Human Rights Support Mechanism, which is led by Freedom House with the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative and Pact as core consortium partners.
Making a difference: How Applied Political Economy Analysis contributes to impact through better informed decisions
How does Applied Political Economy Analysis (APEA) help us to inform choices about our programs, and what difference does that make to the kind of impact we hope to achieve?
This webinar was led by PACT in association with Alina Rocha Menocal and Laure-Hélène Piron from The Policy Practice who will share the findings of their learning review.