The political economy of energy transitions in Ghana, Zambia and Vietnam - Policy Brief 17
In 2023, The Policy Practice and its local partners conducted political economy analyses (PEAs) in Ghana, Zambia, and Vietnam to understand context-specific challenges and opportunities for the clean energy and transport transitions.
Written by Sam Bickersteth with Neil McCulloch and Meron Tesfamichael, this policy brief draws out some of the common constraints hindering the energy transition in these, and many other, countries in the Global South. It also shows how PEA can help to identify politically feasible pathways of change in each country demonstrating the importance of PEA as an essential tool to understand energy transition.
New Policy and Practice Brief on Indonesian fuel subsidies
In our latest Policy and Practice Brief, TPP Director Neil McCulloch, Anissa Suharsono and Kevin O’Rourke explain why Indonesia still spends so much on fossil fuel subsidies and why reform is so hard. They show how reform could still happen, and what those who want change can do.
Latest Newsletter from TPP - October 2026
In our latest newsletter: a new Brief on pathways of change, our FCDO Sahel Technical Support Project, two PEA courses open for applications, an updated Online Library, and Steve Fraser appointed as our latest Principal.
Policy and Practice Brief 21: Pathways of Change
Our new Policy and Practice Brief by TPP Directors Gareth Williams and Neil McCulloch sets out the Pathways of Change framework, a practical link between political economy analysis and action. Using examples from Ghana and Thailand, it shows how external partners can support change driven by domestic actors, based on a realistic analysis of how change might happen.