Gareth Williams is a Principal of The Policy Practice with a varied background in development consulting work. Over the past five years he has been heavily engaged in developing and applying political economy approaches to development and governance problems. Recent assignments include the Rwanda Joint Governance Assessment, Strategic Governance and Corruption Assessments for the Dutch Embassies in Yemen and Ghana, a review of the EU Governance Initiative and the drafting of conceptual and methodological papers on political economy analysis. He has recently been involved in several major evaluations, including the evaluation of research activities of the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation. Previously he worked as a freelance consultant (mainly for Oxford Policy Management), and has worked in the European Commission Delegation in Thailand covering rural development projects across southeast Asia. He has country experience in Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria, Yemen, Guyana, Kenya, Uganda, Cambodia and Laos.
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Participation in Policy Practice Projects
Policy Practice Papers
Experience outside The Policy Practice
Analysis of the impact of the introduction of an EU tariff-only regime on bananas, and discussion of mitigation and development assistance strategies (WITH opm) - 2004
A review of DFID's Target Strategy Papers from a Drivers of Change Perspective - 2004
- Paper: ‘What do the Target Strategy Papers tell us about how pro-poor change can be promoted?
Kenya: Drivers of Change (with OPM) - 2004
Report on addressing the impacts of preference erosion in bananas in developing countries. Analysis of the impact of the introduction of an EU tariff-only regime and discussion of mitigation and development assistance strategies (with OPM) - 2004
Review of policies of major suppliers of technical assistance, including the UN system and bilateral donors, and discussion of new modes of provision for technical assistance (with OPM) - 2003
Review of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and DFID Country Assistance Plans from a food security perspective (with OPM) - 2003
Preparation of five policy briefings on key issues in agricultural development, agricultural research for development, livestock, fisheries and forestry, for European Commission (with OPM) - 2002
DFID’s Policy Paper on Research (with others) - 2002
- Paper: Surr, Martin, Andrew Barnett, and Alex Duncan with Melanie Speight, David Bradley, Alan Rew and John Toye, ‘Research For Poverty Reduction: DFID Research Policy Paper,’ DFID, November 2002
Organisation of the European Forum on Rural Development Cooperation, a conference for 200 representatives of the European Commission, EU Member States, multilateral organisations, NGOs and developing country governments, Montpellier, France, 2002 (with OPM) - 2002
Provided advice to DFID team preparing strategy for future support to rural livelihoods research (with OPM) - 2001
- Paper: The Contribution of Knowledge and Research to DFID’s Strategy to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals,’ Discussion Brief 1
- Paper: Global change processes driving the rural livelihoods research agenda,’ Discussion Brief 2
Assistance to European Commission in Brussels and selected Delegations in rural and agricultural policy development and implementation for developing countries. Support to EC on the preparation of policy papers on rural development and on food security (with OPM) - 2001
Moderator for DFID organised e-Forum on Food Security and Poverty Reduction, a four week consultation exercise with around 500 participants - May-June 2001 (with OPM) - 2001
