Podcast: Subsidies and Social Protection - Reforms for a Sustainable Transition
Why are subsidies so difficult to reform, even when more effective alternatives exist?
In this podcast by Socialprotection.org, TPP Director Neil McCulloch and Tara Moayed, Governance and Social Development Consultant, examine the political, institutional and economic challenges that have made subsidy reform one of the most complex issues in social policy. The conversation explores why broad-based subsidies continue to persist despite their high fiscal costs and often regressive distributional impacts.
This episode also discusses how social protection can support successful reforms. From compensatory cash transfers to adaptive social protection, our guests explore how governments can strengthen social protection systems while responding to economic, climate and other global shocks.
Governing climate action? Governance, political economy and systems change in country platforms
Climate Country Platforms promise to bring finance and policy together around national climate goals. But in this paper, Brendan Halloran argues they'll only deliver if they confront the political economy, power and governance barriers that keep holding climate action back — and he sets out how, with practical steps for governments, banks and funders.
TPP supports innovative apiculture initiative in the Republic of Congo
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The Policy Practice is supporting an apiculture initiative in the Republic of Congo with Palladium under the Partnerships for Forests. Led by Theodore Trefon, it aims to scale beekeeping into a market-based model, combining political economy analysis, digital tools and participatory revenue systems.
Two decades of Thinking and Working Politically in Nigeria
This blog sets out how our team of Nigeria experts helps development partners navigate Nigeria's political economy, from shaping programme design to providing just-in-time analysis during implementation. Read about our work across governance, education, climate, agriculture and conflict, and why our grounded, advisory approach matters more than ever as development budgets tighten.