Barriers to Political Analysis in Aid Bureaucracies: From Principle to Practice in DFID and the World Bank

Pablo Yanguas Gil; David Hulme

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.009

Barriers to Political Analysis in Aid Bureaucracies: From Principle to Practice in DFID and the World Bank

Pablo Yanguas Gil, David Hulme

Global Development Institute

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Abstract

Politics has become a central concern in development discourse, and yet the use of political analysis as a means for greater aid effectiveness remains limited and contested within development agencies. This article uses qualitative data from two governance €œ"leaders" -€“ the United Kingdom Department for International Development and the World Bank -€“ to analyze the administrative hurdles facing the institutionalization of political analysis in aid bureaucracies. We find that programming, management, and training practices across headquarters and country offices remain largely untouched by a political analysis agenda which suffers from its identification with a small cross-national network of governance professionals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	209-219
Number of pages	10
Journal	World Development
Volume	74
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.009
Publication status	Published - Oct 2015

Keywords

foreign aid
aid effectiveness
political economy analysis
DFID
United Kingdom
World Bank

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Barriers to Political Analysis in Aid Bureaucracies: From Principle to Practice in DFID and the World Bank

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