In 2007 The Policy Practice issued two Policy Briefs on Tackling the Political Barriers to Development: the New Political Economy Perspective and Making the New Political Economy Perspective more operationally relevant for development agencies. The present Brief summarises how this approach has evolved in the light of the major shifts in the development context over the last decade and draws out the implications for development practice going forward.

This policy brief examines what we mean by political economy, how it influences performance in the African power sector, and what guidance political economy analysis can give in the design of interventions aimed at improving that performance.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sue Unsworth.

This policy brief examines what we mean by political economy, how it influences performance in the African power sector, and what guidance political economy analysis can give in the design of interventions aimed at improving that performance.

Richard Holloway's new book provides practical tools, advice and personal experience on working with civil society organisations.

Read the summary of this workshop convened by The Policy Practice and theIDLGroup in December 2014.

Gareth Williams' and Adam Burke's work on donor approaches to managing risk in fragile states has been published by OECD.

This paper provides an initial review of the literature on the political economy of energy in Africa.

Once policy makers accept that development is a political process, primarily locally-driven, how should this affect the way they work?