The Kenya Tax Administration project (TAP) strengthens tax administration reform through digital transformation and organisational change. TPP Principal Olly Owen leads ongoing PEA, analysing political dynamics and stakeholder incentives to guide adaptive delivery, risk management, and strategic engagement across workstreams

The Policy Practice and the Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice are hosting a three-part webinar series on the Political Economy of the Energy Transition in the Global South. Topics include country platforms, carbon pricing, and gender. 

TPP Director Laure-Hélène Piron and TPP Principal Wilfred Mwamba are helping the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office organise an informal dialogue to re-imagine a less donor-centric governance sector. Wilfred is preparing a provocative think piece from a Global South perspective while Laure-Hélène will facilitate the 1.5 day event. 

TPP Principal Samantha Wade and TPP Director Neil McCulloch are working with the Ocean Energy Pathway to support two of its country teams — in the Philippines and Brazil — with a strategy refresh grounded in political economy analysis.

TPP Director Laure-Hélène Piron and TPP Principal and Training Coordinator Samantha Wade delivered an hybrid workshop on political economy analysis to the Gates Foundation Global Health Agencies and Funds team.

This assignment, led by TPP Associate Sam Gibson and funded by FCDO, supports governance diagnostics in Niger and Mali. Sam Gibson will co-design and facilitate workshops, analyse political and regional dynamics, and produce capture notes to guide future UK engagement.

The Policy Practice will deliver a online Political Economy Analysis workshop for Research Ireland’s Sustainable Development Goals Challenge teams. Led by TPP Director Neil McCulloch and TPP Principal Samantha Wade, the interactive training will equip up to 24 researchers with tools to design politically smart research interventions to tackle hunger.

TPP Principal Wilfred Mwamba is supporting the British Embassy Manila to analyse post-election shifts in political alliances and power dynamics in the Philippines. The team will map key networks, assess influence and reform prospects, and co-develop an updated political analysis and engagement strategy to help advance UK priorities in the Philippines.

TPP Directors Neil McCulloch and Laure-Hélène Piron are evaluating ENERGIA, an international network championing women as change agents in the energy transition, with case studies in Kenya and Senegal, and a political economy review of ENERGIA's policy influencing.