This working document from is one of the early versions of the USAID guide on political economy analysis and thinking and working politically. 

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 Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) guide outlines how people working in international development can use a set of analytical tools collectively known as 'political economy analysis' (PEA).

This Policy and Practice brief from TPP Director Gareth Williams discusses Issues-Based Programming (IBP), a development approach which mobilises stakeholders to drive change around locally defined issues. This paper examines its application in several countries through case studies of UK-funded projects and assesses IBP's effectiveness, highlighting successes and failures.

The purpose of this Good Practice Note is to assist Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) staff to plan, commission, undertake and use political economy analysis and deliver politically-informed investments and policy dialogues.

Nigeria’s forest policy is at a turning point, with a growing domestic push for conservation amidst environmental degradation. This summary explores key trends, challenges, and opportunities in the sector, offering insights into how innovative, multi-level solutions can shape sustainable futures.

The political economy of pandemic prevention and preparedness in Africa

Laure-Hélène Piron and Gareth Williams, TPP Directors, together with TPP Associates Clare Cummings, Suwaiba Ahmed, Sunny Kulutuye and others from 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 research identifies the contextual factors and causal mechanisms that explain how UK governance interventions contributed to improving governance, health and education outcomes by influencing the ‘service delivery chain’ that connects the Nigerian federal, state and local governments to frontline service providers (e.g. primary schools, local health facilities) and to users of health and education services.

This guidance note, by TPP Director Laure-Hélène Piron, sets out options for context analysis (political economy analysis, conflict analysis, institutional reviews, etc). It provides advice to make sure any context analysis is politically informed and influential with decision makers.  

This note is part of a series on political economy tools prepared as a collaboration between the UK Foreign, Commonwealth &Development Office and the Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice.