Context analysi

1. Applied Political Economy
[PLACEHOLDER MOOC/SARAJEVO TRAINING]

2. What Is Political
Economy?
• The term itself has a long history – part of
political science
• Strengthened in 18th/19th century – Adam
Smith, Ricardo, Marx et al
• Essentially looking at structural factors to try
to explain why things are they way they are
• For development actors it became particularly
prominent to help answer the dilemma: We
have the “best” technocratic solutions so why
hasn’t anything changed?

3. “Development” Has had Huge Successes

4. But Was This At the Cost to the Environment?

5. There are Traps and Tricky Situations

6. Sum it Up
Interventions are more effective when they are
informed by a solid understanding of context -
regional, country-level, sectoral or local.
It is about understanding what the non-obvious
problem that may affect your project and how
to ensure success
To get real benefits from interventions and
minimise the risk of doing harm, practitioners
need to know how politics works in the places
where they are operating.

7. Using PEA For Strategic Planning

8. Every day Political Economy Analysis (1)

9. Every day Political Economy Analysis (2)

10. A Project Example: Power and Scale in Tanzania

11. Power and Scale (1)

12. Power and Scale (2)

13. Getting It Wrong?

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