Policy Practice Projects
We support positive change across low- and middle-income countries. We undertake political economy analysis, strategic and policy work, and operational research. We lead programme designs, reviews, and evaluations. We advise programmes and organisations how to ‘think and work politically’.
We also run a flagship training course on political economy analysis.
Afghanistan
Albania
Bangladesh
Benin
Bolivia
Brazil
Cameroon
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guyana
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Rwanda
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Tunisia
Uganda
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Lebanon
Australia
Ukraine
Turkey
Peru
Switzerland
Niger
Saint Helena
Sri Lanka
Burundi
Libya
William Kingsmill, TPP Principal, led the mid-term review of the Economic Development Investment Programme in St Helena.
Sam Bickersteth and Neil McCulloch undertook a scoping study for the Climate Compatible Growth programme to identify local administrative areas in Kenya and Zambia in which the programme's energy systems research can be applied.
This analysis, led by Alex Duncan, and working in close collaboration with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and other donors, aims to generate feasible programme options for donors to support the development of more inclusive governance and strengthened core state functions in Somaliland.
Laure-Hélène Piron, Niki Palmer and Georgia Plank are assisting the World Bank Political Economy Community of Practice review the application of political economy analysis, and other similar analysis, in contexts of political instability, fragility, conflict and violence. This will contribute to recommendations to deepen the use and uptake of analysis in the Bank.
The team, led by Gareth Williams and Olly Owen, completed a political economy analysis on the demographic transition in Nigeria. Based on detailed fieldwork in 11 locations, the study addresses the question of what are the political, economic and socio-cultural factors influencing population policy and outcomes. It identified six potential pathways of change towards a more rapid demographic transition and makes recommendations on how development partners can support these pathways.
Laure-Hélène Piron, The Policy Practice Director, has contributed to the updated guidance on political economy analysis and adaptive management for the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Dr. Neil McCulloch (TPP Director) and Mashekwa Maboshe (ZIPAR) undertook this assignment with the primary objective of outlining a set of alternative price adjustment mechanisms and showing how they can be used to reduce subsidies in a way that minimises harm to citizens. It also summarised thinking about best practice approaches to subsidy reform, including examples from other countries and discussed their relevance to the Zambian context.
Laure-Hélène Piron, TPP Director, has drafted updated guidance on political economy analysis and adaptive management for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
PLANE is a 7 year, £95m programme funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and represents one window of intervention in a broader package of investment to enable a more inclusive and effective basic education system in Nigeria.