Making Development Assistance More Effective Through Using Political-economy Analysis: What Has Been Done and What Have We Learned?

Development Policy Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-148

  Duncan, Alex ^a   Williams, Gareth ^a  

^a The Policy Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Bangladesh; Nigeria; Political economy

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID ORGANIZATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT AID; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

BANGLADESH; NIGERIA;

EID: 84857986625     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2012.00568.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Booth, David and Golooba-Mutebi, F. (2009) Aiding Economic Growth in Africa: The political economy of roads reform in Uganda. ODI Working Paper 307. London: Overseas Development Institute.
2. DFID (2009) 'Political Economy How-To-Note'. A DFID Practice Paper. London: Department for International Development, July.
3. DFID (2008) Bangladesh: Country Governance Analysis. Dhaka: DFID Bangladesh, November.
4. DFID (2002) Supporting the Drivers of Pro-Poor Change. London: Department for International Development.
5. Duncan, Alex (2010) DFID Governance Portfolio Review: Country Report Nigeria. Oxford: The Policy Practice, April.
6. Duncan, Alex, Loughhead, Susan and Eckstein, Jeremy (2009) 'Good Election, Bad Politics: A case study of elections and the role of the international community in Bangladesh', Paper prepared for DFID, May.
7. Duncan, Alex, Sharif, Iffath, Landell-Mills, Pierre; Hulme, David and Roy, Jayanta (2002) Bangladesh: Supporting the Drivers of Pro-Poor Change. London: Department for International Development.
8. Farrington, John and Saasa, Oliver (2002) Drivers for Change in Zambian Agriculture: Defining What Shapes the Policy Environment. Final Report. London: Overseas Development Institute.
9. Fritz, Verena, Kaiser, Kai and Levy, Brian (2009) Problem-driven Governance and Political Economy Analysis: Good practice framework. Washington, DC: World Bank.
10. Hassan, Mirza and Huda, Nurul (2009) Drivers of Police Reform. Dhaka: DFID Bangladesh, March.
11. Hazenberg, Joop (2009) 'The SGACA Experience: Incentives, Interests and Raw Power: Making development aid more realistic and less technical'.
12. Heymans, Chris and Pycroft, Christopher (2005) Drivers of Change in Nigeria: Towards restructuring the political economy. Lagos: Department for International Development Nigeria, December.
13. LeBlanc, Robert (2008) Bangladesh Power and Change Analysis. Final report. Rotterdam: Ecorys for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January.
14. Leftwich, Adrian (2007) From Drivers of Change to the Politics of Development: Refining the analytical framework to understand the politics of the places where we work. London: Department for International Development.
15. Thornton, N. and Cox, Agulhas (2005) Review of the Uptake of the Drivers of Change Approach. Review for DFID. London: Department for International Development.
16. Unsworth, Sue (2008) Framework for Strategic Governance and Corruption Analysis (SGACA): Designing Strategic Responses to Good Governance. Amsterdam: Clingendael Institute for the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Conflict Research Unit.
17. Unsworth, Sue (2001) Understanding Pro-poor Change: A discussion paper. London: Department for International Development, September.
18. USAID (2009) 'Bangladesh: Democracy and Governance Assessment'. Document prepared for USAID, August.
19. USAID (2000) Conducting a Democratic-Governance Assessment: A framework for strategic development. USAID technical publications series PN-ACP-338. Washington, DC: USAID, November.
20. Utomi, Pat, Duncan, Alex and Williams, Gareth (2007) The Political Economy of Reform: The Case of Nigeria. Policy Practice Brief No. 3. Oxford: The Policy Practice.
21. Williams, Gareth, Duncan, Alex; Landell-Mills, Pierre and Unsworth, Sue (2009) 'Politics and Growth', Development Policy Review 27 (1): 5-31.
22. World Bank (2011) Political Economy Assessments at Sector and Project Levels: How to note. Washington, DC: World Bank, March.
23. World Bank (2002) Taming Leviathan: Reforming Governance in Bangladesh, An Institutional Review. Washington, DC: World Bank.