The capabilities of finance ministriesResearch reports and studies | June 2016 | Philipp Krause, Bryn Welham, Shakira Mustapha, Sierd HadleyThis report investigates what makes a successful ministry of finance. Downloads
Women and power: overcoming barriers to leadership and influenceResearch reports and studies | February 2016 | Tam O'Neil and Pilar DomingoThis paper synthesises two years of research on women’s voice and leadership in decision-making, including studies of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Gaza, Kenya and Malawi. Downloads
Overcoming incrementalism: budget reforms and budget allocations in ChileWorking and discussion papers | March 2015 | Philipp KrauseGovernments struggle to allocate funds towards ever-changing priorities, especially when spending increases are limited by austerity. This paper investigates the conditional effect of institutional reforms on budgetary readjustments using evidence of 19 years of... Download
Basics and beyond: What drives national progress in education?Public event | 8 July 2014 10:30 - 13:00 GMT+01 (BST)Focussing on case studies in Chile, Indonesia, Mongolia and Kenya that were conducted as part of ODI's Development Progress project, this event examined the factors improving education quality at a national level. Watch
Unbalanced progress: what political dynamics mean for education access and qualityResearch reports and studies | July 2014 | Susan Nicolai, Leni Wild, Joseph Wales, Sébastien Hine and Jakob EngelTo support Development Progress' education case studies, this working paper looks at what effect political dynamics have on the aspects of education being examined, drawing three key messages which have relevance for the education sector far beyond the case study... Download
Improvements in the quality of basic education: Chile's experience Research reports and studies | July 2014 | Joseph Wales, Ahmed Ali and Susan Nicolai, with Francisca Morales and Daniel ContrerasChile is one of the few countries to have improved the quality of its basic education significantly in recent decades. Following the pro-market reforms of the Pinochet years, concerted efforts to improve the quality of education began in the 1990s. As a result of... Downloads
Randomized control trials (RCTs): interesting, but a marginal tool for governments Opinion | 24 March 2014 | Philipp KrauseAre Randomized Control Trials all they're cracked up to be for informing government policy in developing countries? Read and comment
Development Policy Review: March 2014 Journal articles or issues | March 2014 | VariousArticles in this issue of the Development Policy Review explore a wide range of topics, including a review of on-going development debates in Africa, aid effectiveness in Brazil, decentralisation in fragile states, a re-evaluation of methodologies used to assessing... Download
Development Policy Review: January 2014Journal articles or issues | January 2014 | Various authorsArticles in this issue of the Development Policy Review explore a wide range of topics, including a discussion on place-based aid policies; an investigation into immigration and segregation in Indian fisheries; tobacco refom in Malawi; and inequity in Nepalese forest-... Download
Elections in Chile: a decisive victory for Bachelet, but an uncertain future Comment | 16 December 2013 | Joseph Wales'Growing radicalism is sign of a generational shift. Those with no memories of the Pinochet era are increasingly impatient for change, unafraid of radical reform and unwilling to compromise.' Read and comment
