Laure-Hélène Piron, TPP Director, is leading a facilitated political economy analysis examining the extent of decentralisation in Chad, including in the provinces of Batha, Mandoul and Moyen-Chari. The study will inform the development of the Swiss cooperation country programme for Chad and the design of a new decentralisation programme. 

Led by TPP Principal Ben French, this project supports the British High Commission in Pakistan to embed politically informed, adaptive approaches across policy and programming. Working with the growth, climate and human capital teams, it strengthens strategic thinking, portfolio coherence and learning to improve the UK’s development impact.

TPP Director Laure-Hélène Piron is serving as a political economy adviser to a public financial management reform programme for the government of Senegal. 

The Kenya Tax Administration project strengthens tax administration reform through digital transformation and organisational change. TPP Principal Olly Owen leads ongoing political economy analysis, analysing political dynamics and stakeholder incentives to guide adaptive delivery, risk management, and strategic engagement across workstreams.

The Policy Practice and the Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice are hosting a three-part webinar series on the Political Economy of the Energy Transition in the Global South. Topics include country platforms, carbon pricing, and gender. 

TPP Director Laure-Hélène Piron and TPP Principal Wilfred Mwamba are helping the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office organise an informal dialogue to re-imagine a less donor-centric governance sector. Wilfred is preparing a provocative think piece from a Global South perspective while Laure-Hélène will facilitate the 1.5 day event. 

TPP Principal Samantha Wade and TPP Director Neil McCulloch are working with the Ocean Energy Pathway to support two of its country teams — in the Philippines and Brazil — with a strategy refresh grounded in political economy analysis.

TPP Director Laure-Hélène Piron and TPP Principal and Training Coordinator Samantha Wade delivered an hybrid workshop on political economy analysis to the Gates Foundation Global Health Agencies and Funds team.

TPP Associate Sam Gibson supported governance diagnostics in Niger and Mali for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office by co-designing and facilitating workshops and analysing political and regional dynamics.