This paper provides an initial review of the literature on the political economy of energy in Africa.

Once policy makers accept that development is a political process, primarily locally-driven, how should this affect the way they work?

This blog clarifies roles and improves project design for donors and partners to be clear about the specific logic of their activity (theory of action) and how it relates to a larger logic of change to which they contribute (theory of change).

Recent changes, risk and opportunity. Read Adam Burke's policy brief here.

Alex Duncan led this recent review of the UK partnership with Nigeria on debt management.

Read Adam Burke's policy brief written for UNDP here.

How can policymakers better identify important, context specific constraints to development, and appropriate "next steps" to address them? Read the writeup to an informal workshop hosted by The Policy Practice here.

The Policy Practice and theIDLgroup drafted this recently published OECD report.

Read John Clark's paper published in the Journal of Civil Society here.