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

Pablo Yanguas and David Hulme

World Development, 2015, vol. 74, issue C, 209-219

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 “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 programing, 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.

Keywords: foreign aid; aid effectiveness; political economy analysis; DFID; United Kingdom; World Bank (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.009

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