Listen to Sarah Vaughan, Policy Practice principal and expert on Ethiopia, sharing insights into the background of Dr Tedros, WHO Director General. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jfpf

The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting all our families, businesses, communities and ways of life. First and foremost, our hearts go out to anyone who's been impacted by the virus, either directly or indirectly.

Laure-Hélène Piron, Policy Practice Director, is currently in Timor-Leste disseminating the findings of a review of the DFAT Governance for Development Program, which was designed to ‘think and work politically’.

While in Timor-Leste, Laure-Hélène Piron provided assistance to The Asia Foundation's Tourism Team to develop their own capacity to ‘think and work politically’.

Neil McCulloch and William Kingsmill have just returned from a short trip to support the start-up of the new DFID-funded, DAI-led Lebanon Economic Reform and Infrastructure Investment (LERII) project.

Andrew Barnett, Director and one of the Founders of the Policy Practice, stepped down from his role today. He has been central to developing the Company over the last 15 years and to ensuring a smooth transition to the new leadership team. His knowledge of energy in developing countries is encyclopaedic, and his commitment to bringing a political economy perspective to his field unrelenting!

In this Overview article to a Development Policy Review Special Issue on Thinking and Working Politically, Neil McCulloch and Laure-Hélène Piron identify lessons from practice and set our recommendations for funders and implementers.

In this blog formerly published on USAID's blog page, David Jabobstein highlights ways that development programming can be better managed by understanding and applying probability to shifts in outcomes, and distinguishing directly-supported work from its influence on the probability of larger change.