Our Response to Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting all our families, businesses, communities and ways of life. First and foremost, our hearts go out to anyone who's been impacted by the virus, either directly or indirectly. The Policy Practice is working hard with our clients to ensure we can deliver, by turning to desk-based research and using our online communication tools. Our April online course is still open to new applications and we will run more courses to meet demand. We are still here to support you, so do stay in touch.
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.
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 (TWP) 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.