This is the second event in a series of three webinars sharing lessons emerging from research led by LEAP on the PERL programme in Nigeria.

This event, co-convened with the Thinking and Working Politically (TWP) Community of Practice, explores how donor-supported efforts to promote governance reform can work in ways that are politically smart and anchored in learning and adaptation.

Laure-Hélène Piron and Gareth Williams, TPP Directors, as part of the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), have co-authored this flagship report analysing 20 years of governance programmes in Nigeria funded by the British Government.

This blog from TPP Director, Dr Neil McCulloch, looks at the fuel crisis in Lebanon and in the UK and discusses the underlying political economy causes of both.

Laure-Hélène Piron and Gareth Williams, TPP Directors, as part of the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), have co-authored this flagship report analysing 20 years of governance programmes in Nigeria funded by the British Government.

This annex to the Flagship Report on the impact of 20 years of UK governance programming in Nigeria summarises key findings from the four longer case studies that form the evidence on which it is based.

Laure-Hélène Piron and Gareth Williams, TPP Directors, as part of the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), have co-authored this flagship report analysing 20 years of governance programmes in Nigeria funded by the British Government.

Working with the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn team, Gareth Williams, TPP Director, has co-authored this case study that analyses improvements to primary education in Kaduna State, focusing on the 2009– 2020 period before the COVID-19 school closures. It considers the broad trajectory of education reforms in Kaduna State, and the specific contribution of the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) and other UK governance and education programmes. The study finds evidence of important improvements to service delivery, including large increases in primary school enrolment and completion rates, particularly for girls.

Since 2011, UK funded governance programmes have supported reforms to budget processes in Yobe State in North-East Nigeria. Gareth Williams, TPP Director, has co-authored this case study that assesses the contribution and impact of this support. It provides evidence on what reforms to budget processes took place, and how they occurred through a combination of political processes taking place in the state and support from UK programmes. The experience provides lessons on what has worked, what hasn’t and why. The analysis finds evidence of important improvements in budget processes in Yobe, which have taken place in a challenging context of protracted conflict and insecurity.

Since 2019, LEAP, led by ODI, has undertaken research on Partnership to Engage, Research and Learn (PERL) and predecessor UK Government-funded programmes to strengthen the evidence base for governance reform in Nigeria. As part of end of programme activities, ODI in association with TPP are organising a series of public events to share lessons from 20 years of UK governance programmes in Nigeria including a webinar series detailed below;

• 5th October - How does governance reform happen? Lessons from Nigeria
• 12th October - Working politically in practice: lessons from Nigeria
• 19th October - Does better governance lead to improved health and education? Lessons from Nigeria

To register for the webinars please visit the event pages .

We have kicked off our latest Political Economy Analysis in Action online training course which is running from 6 September – 17 December in partnership with ODI. 

This course will equip participants with the tools and the confidence to undertake a PEA, and to apply it to policy and programmes in a wide range of contexts. It will cover ten sessions over a 15-week period, requiring about 4 hours of study per week (with a mix of self-study, online Study Group discussions and tasks and webinars, supported by an inter-active platform).

If you are interested in finding out about future courses, please contact us on training@thepolicypractice.com.