TPP Director Neil McCulloch and Associate Mashekwa Maboshe are examining how Zambia's petroleum needs might be incorporated into the country’s Integrated Resource Plan for energy in a way that is consistent with the country’s needs as well as its climate commitments.

Laure-Hélène Piron, TPP Director, is collaborating with political scientist Cheickna Yaranangoré to undertake a context analysis of Burkina Faso to inform the 2026-2031 country plan of the Swiss cooperation agency. 

Laure-Hélène Piron, TPP Director, and Babacar Ndiaye, from the West African Think Tank WATHI, are undertaking a political economy analysis of democratic resilience in Senegal for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

TPP Director Neil McCulloch and Associate Sarah Logan have been working with the International Growth Centre’s State Fragility initiative to support the Executive Bureau for the Acceleration of Aid Absorption and Support for Policy Reforms in Yemen, exploring alternative models for electricity provision.

As part of the UK Partnership for Accelerated Climate Transitions programme, TPP Principal Olly Owen and TPP Associate Ochuko Obido led a scoping study on nature in Nigeria to prepare a list of high priority projects and expert deployments that the programme could invest in.

TPP Director Laure-Hélène Piron and TPP Principal Wilfred Mwamba have prepared two guidance documents to help practitioners adopt politically-informed approaches. The first note provides advice on selecting the most appropriate analytical framework for a politically informed context analysis. The second note sets out the steps to undertake and use stakeholder analysis and network mapping for politically-savvy influencing and programmes.

Olly Owen, TPP Principal, is leading a TPP team working on the UK funded Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria programme. TPP undertakes or quality assures regular political economy and conflict analyses to update the programme's knowledge of the dynamic context in which operates.

TPP Director Laure-Hélène Piron continues her collaboration with the Swiss Development Cooperation office in Burundi by conducting a political economy analysis of the potential for forensic medicine and scientific policing. The new Swiss programme could contribute to reducing impunity and improve responses to gender-based violence.

Samantha Wade (TPP Principal) and Neil McCulloch (TPP Director) are working with The Elders staff to deliver three bespoke workshops and ongoing mentoring between August and October 2024. The aim is to develop a flexible, light-touch set of Political Economy Analysis guiding questions and to create space to discuss embedding politically-smart ways of thinking and working with the team.