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Public Consultation on CSOs in Development: Now Open
Dear all,
Please have a look at the new DEVCO consultation on CSOs in Development: section 2.6 certainly makes the link between PE and a strategic approach to CSOs. I find the following paragraph especially interesting: 'For donors, gaining a sound understanding of local CSOs including their capacity and dynamics in relation to other forces at play is a first step for a meaningful engagement with CSOs, connecting the different areas of intervention in which they take part. "CSO mapping studies" can be a useful tool in this respect.'
New World Bank Blog Post: What a political economy perspective can contribute to development effectiveness
This interesting recent blog post by Verena Fritz at the World Bank looks at smart ways of working with existing political economy dynamics to promote developmental change. She calls this approach 'ju-jitsu' because of its focus on reinforcing positive 'drivers of change' that already exist rather than trying to force through reforms that go against prevailing incentives.
New OECD Report on International Drivers of Corruption
This report introduces an analytical tool intended to help users understand how factors in the global economy and international relations, affect governance and corruption at the country level. It provides a means for identifying those factors that matter most for domestic governance, as well as opportunities for international actors to work more effectively to improve governance in specific country contexts.
SUMMARY
World Bank Political Economy Community of Practice
This website for the World Bank's Political Economy Community of Practice includes useful materials on case studies and good practices examples and operationally useful approaches to political economy analysis.
At present the Community of Practice is restricted to World Bank staff, but there is plenty of useful documentation on the site.
ARTICLE: Impact evaluation and Political Economy : what does the "Conditional" in "Conditional cash transfers" accomplish?
Interesting article from Center for Global Development
The Political Economy of Forest Governance in Ghana. The role of the EU FLEGT initiative
Linking political economy analysis with action in Zambia
The Zambia country political economy analysis will not tell EUD staff living and working in Zambia much, if anything, they didn't already know about the country. That is not its primary purpose (although it has been useful in briefing new staff, and existing staff have found it a helpful synthesis).
How the EU Zambia Delegation is using political economy analysis
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First Feedback from Seminar on PE in Education Sector
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 that underpins the analysis is not the most important aspect of PEA. More important is the team chosen to carry out the assessment and getting the right balance of skills: a good analyst, some one with indepth local knowledge and a very good facilitator.
The political economy of education services: what are we learning?
On 18-19 October the European Commission is hosting with the CfBT Education Trust an inter-agency seminar on the application of PEA in education in fragile situations. As this seminar gets underway Al
The Political Economy of the Roads Sector in Uganda
This 20 minute presentation covers the main findings of a study of the political economy of the roads sector in Uganda conducted by David Booth and Frederick Golooba-Mutebi for DFID in 2008. This took place in the context of reforms to the sector including the establishment of a semi-autonomous National Roads Authority (UNRA) and the creation of a ring fenced road fund.
Give us your opinion on the Political Economic Analysis Background Note
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 programme implementation?
Thanks
Chantal
Using The Political Economy Analysis to Improve EU Development Effectiveness_DRAFT
Political economy analysis requires donors to think differently and to do things differently - Interview with Sue Unsworth
To kick off this capacity4dev.eu discussion on political economy analysis we have prepared the interview below with Sue Unsworth, the lead author of the EC background paper on “Using Political Economy Analysis to Improve EU Development Effectiveness”. In this interview she reflects on her experience over the past thirty years as a development practitioner, and how she has come to view political economy analysis as being essential to understanding and supporting development.
Join the Debate: Using Political Economy Analysis to Improve EU Development Effectiveness
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 discussion begins on the 10th October.
EU Trade Facilitation Efforts in the Philippines
The European Commission’s trade related technical assistance programme in the Philippines has been a notable success. The context and timing of interventions have played an important role in this success, which is also boosting the President's anti-graft efforts.
Look at these interesting and short interviews on political economy :
Presentations and material - "Political Economy at Work", 11-12 January 2011
Seminar - Political Economy at Work, Brussels, 11-12 January 2011
DAY 1 : 11th January 2011
Key Readings
milestones in approaching political economy