This background paper has been prepared as part of a broader DEVCO exercise to bring together existing guidance on development practice into one harmonised document, the Project and Programme Cycle Management (PPCM) Guidance. The concept paper explains what is meant by political economy analysis,...
Dear all, We would be very interested to hear back from colleagues in the field on the Background Note. Please let us know whether this type of approach is relevant to your work? Let us know where undestanding power relationships in country have been useful for dialogue with partners and/or...
The authors of a background note, ‘Using Political Economy Analysis to Improve European Union Development Effectiveness’, are posting a draft version of their findings in The Political Economy in Practice working group and invite interested capacity4dev members to offer their feedback. The...
This annex presents an analytical framework for undertaking political economy analysis at the country level. The framework consists of a list of structured questions to help the analyst investigate...
The authors of a background note, ‘Using Political Economy Analysis to Improve European Union Development Effectiveness’, are posting a draft version of their findings in The Political Economy in...
Dear Colleagues, The seminar on Political Economy Analysis in the education sector has raised some interesting lessons that I would like to share with you: 1. Political Economy Analysis should be embedded in our routine way of undertaking assessments of countries and sectors. 2. The methodology...
Interesting article from Center for Global Development Impact evaluation and Political Economy : what does the "Conditional" in "Conditional cash transfers" accomplish? Read an extract below : January 12, 2012 By Lant Pritchett Some economists, with their recent fad for “evaluation”, have managed...