The Policy Practice undertakes policy work in developing countries, and advises and trains governments, development agencies, civil society organisations and companies. We provide practical, innovative solutions based on realistic assessments of the challenges and opportunities facing developing countries. Our multi- disciplinary approach uses 'The New Political Economy Perspective' to understand the processes of socio-economic change and their effect on the implementation of development programmes.
(23/01/12) Read John Clark's paper published in the Journal of Civil Society here.
(05/01/12) The Policy Practice has prepared an annotated bibliography of key readings on political economy analysis. (Go to The Policy Practice Library).
(02/11/11) Sue Unsworth and Gareth Williams are the lead authors of this new EC background paper and analytical tools (download here). Visit the political economy in practice working group on the on www.capacity4dev.eu for further information and to join the discussion.
(02/11/11) A new Policy Practice Brief by Andrew Barnett and Martin Bell (download).
(13/05/11) Gareth William's paper has been published as a background paper to the Global Assessment report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2011 (download).
(17/01/11) Read our recent policy brief
(30/11/10) Read Andrew Barnett's comment on the new EU Green Paper on development and its treatment of energy policy here.
(01/07/10) Alex Duncan delivered this presentation to a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace / USAID / DAI workshop.
(09/06/10) The Policy Practice has completed a major evaluation of SDC's Research Activities.
(15/02/10) OECD have just released this report coauthored by The Policy Practice. Monitoring the Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States and Situations