Political economy analysis for economic and private sector reforms, Sumedh Rao, GSDRC, 2013
Funding agency(ies) | Department for International Development (DFID) | |
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Date completed | July 2013 | |
Issues/challenges | This report addresses the following Question: "Identify examples of political economy analysis (PEA) being used to support economic and private sector (EPS) policy or institutional reforms. If possible, identify how widely used PEA is within development actor economic programming and which PEA tools seem most appropriate in the sector." | |
Country(ies) | Bangladesh, Kenya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Somalia |
- Description
The report provides a very useful review of tools and approaches around political economy analysis (PEA) including those published by DCED. It also gives an overview of Donor PEA in reform of the economic and private sectors, including its relevance to M4P. Finally, it gives a number of country case studies and references.