Few concepts have captured the imagination of the conflict and development communities in
recent years as powerfully as the idea of a 'political settlement'. At its most ambitious,'political …

Despite the rise of global technocratic ideals of city-making, cities around the world are not
merging into indistinguishable duplicates of one another. In fact, as the world urbanizes …

This article uses political settlements analysis to help illuminate trends in poverty reduction
in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania. Drawing on data from the ESID Political …

Debates on African development continue to downplay the achievement of the continent:
economic achievements are diminished and the perception of a conflict prone continent …

Why do governments in some developing countries implement international standards,
while others do not? Focusing on the politics of bank regulation, this book develops a new …

This book examines how a society that is trapped in stagnation might initiate and sustain
economic and political development. In this context, progress requires the reform of existing …

Political settlements analysis is a framework that helps us understand different development
trajectories. While it has been used to study the politics of pro-poor growth, there has been …

We argue that the effectiveness of Rwandan governments, both at implementing the 1994
genocide and inducing the current growth miracle, illustrates that the state has high capacity …

Following a decade from the mid-1990s that saw a near cessation in dam building, the
infrastructure has returned. This phenomenon is controversial because dams' social and …

Africa is experiencing a boom in electricity infrastructure, particularly in energy generation.
However, this trend is under-researched and deserves greater attention as to why and how it …