…challenged. Political economy analysis begins at home. PP appears to find it easier to focus some IBPs on specific issues of marginalisation, rather than to mainstream inclusion across all IBPs….
Handy NGO Guide to Social Network Analysis
Social Network Analysis has been cropping up a bit in my mental in-tray. First there was my Christmas reading – Social Physics, by Alex Pentland. Then came yesterday’s post from…
Breaking the Class Ceiling
…wholesale end to capitalism. The power of a class analysis Very often a class analysis can explain why something has happened the way it has, and is an invaluable tool…
What can political economists tell us about Africa, aid and development?
…Programme, Elites, Production and Poverty: A Comparative Analysis, Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa, Tracking Development). Here’s some highlights: From the summary: “African countries badly need to embark on…
8 key Messages on Promoting Empowerment and Accountability in Messy Places
…and accountability in FCVAS requires new tools for political economy analysis and research that are sensitive to local dynamics, whilst also maintaining rigour. Each message then gets a page of…
Book Review: Alex de Waal, the Real Politics of the Horn of Africa
…the rules of the political marketplace, or be cast out. ‘Most members of the political elites of north-east Africa have come to resemble gangsters rather than civic political leaders.’ Along…
What makes Vietnam’s informal economy tick?
Inside Vietnam’s informal economy – heroic struggles! Spent Wednesday talking to a range of people in the ‘informal economy’ of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). I was accompanying our…
Can democracies kick the growth habit? A debate with Tim Jackson
…level. But what struck me most was when we got onto the political system needed to deliver what is at least in part a war economy, with a centrally agreed…
The rise of the informal sector and why it should be taxed
…organizations 2. collective actors in the informal economy that have an institutionalized channel of negotiation with the state. The authors estimate that taxing the informal economy could add 35-55% to…
Book Review: How China Escaped the Poverty Trap, by Yuen Yuen Ang
…a window onto the political economy of China’s astonishing rise that takes as its starting point systems and complexity. Its lessons apply far beyond China’s borders. The author, Yuen Yuen…
Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world
From the New Scientist As protests against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters’ worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational…
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…‘evidence’ from Naila Kabeer Political Economy Analysis: Useful fortnightly round-up from Abt Associates. Latest is set of PEA Case studies (grouped by level of analysis – global, regional, country, sector…