Our innovative research and advisory work addresses how politics and power shape policies, how services are delivered, and how institutions work. PublicationsEventsCommentProjects Christian Aid Ireland’s adaptive management approach We explore Christian Aid Ireland’s approach to adaptive programme management in governance, gender, peace building and human rights. Anti-corruption and decentralisation Deepening understandings of the links between decentralised governance and corruption in Bangladesh and Nigeria. Synthesis report and executive summaryProject pageBlog The Global Learning for Adaptive Management initiative (GLAM) GLAM is a four-year project funded by DFID and USAID to actively identify, operationalise and promote rigorous evidence-based approaches to adaptive management. Explore the project Securing safe roads Every year, 1.25 million people are killed in traffic collisions worldwide. Our study looks at why it's not more of a political priority. Literature reviewSynthesis report and case studiesBlogFeature website Thinking and working politically in Somalia: a case study on the Somalia Stability Fund New ODI and TWP research discusses what works in practice when taking a politically smart approach to stabilisation and conflict-prevention. Case studyBlog Doing problem-driven development We look at DFID's 'Economic Policy Incubator' programme in Nepal, a good example of doing PDIA in practice. Read the reportBlog Experimentalism in international support to rule of law and justice What does effective experimentalism look like? The politics of the results agenda in DFID This paper analyses the history of results agenda in DFID: how and why it emerged, and the influence of politics. Read the reportWatch the eventA timeline of DFID Beating the superbugs: the role of politics in antibiotic resistance The 'antibiotic apocalypse' is not inevitable, if we're politically smart. The politics of growth: transformative ideas in economics How do you achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth? Themes Adaptive development, and doing development differently Service delivery Conflict, violence and security Justice and rule of law Inclusion, inequality and the politics of institutional change Migration and displacement Our Team Marta ForestiPrincipal Research Fellow, Director of the Human Mobility Initiative Mareike SchomerusSenior Research Fellow, Head of Programme, Research Director SLRC Pilar DomingoSenior Research Fellow Tim KelsallSenior Research Fellow Alina Rocha MenocalSenior Research Fellow Anne BuffardiSenior Research Fellow Jessica Hagen-ZankerSenior Research Fellow Dina Mansour-IlleSenior Research Officer Samuel SharpResearch Officer Erin Shephard-PriceProgramme Officer George RichardsCommunciations Officer Richard BatleySenior Research Associate Diana CammackResearch Associate Andy CarlResearch Associate Freddie CarverResearch Associate Clare CastillejoResearch Associate Lisa DenneyResearch Associate Frederick Golooba-MutebiResearch Associate Daniel HarrisResearch Associate Leni WildDirector of Global Learning for Adaptive Management (GLAM) Ed LawsSenior Research Officer Jessica PriceProgramme Development Manager David BoothSenior Research Associate Gemma HennesseyResearch Officer Hannah Postel Research Associate Matteo VillaResearch Associate Amy LeachSenior Communications Officer Sarah ParkerProgramme Manager View all Latest publications How DFID can better manage complexity in development programming Making adaptive rigour work: principles and practices for strengthening MEL for adaptive management Resilience and sustainable poverty escapes in Niger: national report Thinking and working with political settlements: the case of Tanzania Migration Policy Practice 8(3): September – October 2018 Comments on International Panel of Social Progress report, Chapters 9 and 12: inequality, democracy and the rule of law A state of contradiction: Sudan’s unity goes South Africa’s secessionism: a breakdance of aspiration, grievance, performance and disenchantment The economic dimensions of mobility: access to jobs and sustainable livelihoods Migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Blogs Aoife McCullough Poverty research in Niger: lessons via WhatsApp Ambassador David Donoghue, Marta Foresti and Helen Dempster 163 states just approved the Global Compact for Migration. Now what? Samuel Sharp What we’ve learnt doing mixed-methods behavioural research in Uganda Marta Foresti Long live multilateralism: why the Global Compact for Migration matters Marta Foresti Aquarius, immigration caps and family separation: three lessons for doing migration differently Ambassador David Donoghue The world’s first global migration agreement: a view from the negotiations Ed Laws Working in fragile states: learning from the Somalia Stability Fund Marta Foresti Windrush: could this be the end of the ‘hostile environment’ for immigrants? Jessica Hagen-Zanker Four steps to ensure the mobility of social security for migrants Clare Cummings Shifting attitudes on road safety: what I learned from Nairobi Upcoming and past events 09 December Innovative proposals to enhance migration for development 16 November #AdaptDev workshop 3: value for money and adaptive management 24 October Global Compact for Migration: from political to practical 16 July #AdaptDev workshop 2: Managing the donor-implementer relationship 18 June Managing development agencies: from reform to renewal 24 May #AdaptDev workshop: organisational culture for learning and adaptation 23 March At the crossroads: making Nairobi safer and more efficient 09 February The politics of growth: transformative ideas in economics 15 January Understanding refugee and migrant journeys to Europe 13 December Non-state actors in governance systems: friend or foe? 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