The Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID)
The Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID) is a network of researchers and policy partners in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, the UK and the USA.
ESID is hosted by the University of Manchester and is funded by the UK’s Department for International Development.
Researchers and practitioners agree that an effective state is central to inclusive development. ESID research will look at how state capacity and elite commitment to development can emerge and be sustained over time, and how to support this process.
ESID research will be organised around three domains....
- the economic, with a focus on strategies for growth, employment and the sustainable exploitation and governance of natural resources;
- the social, in terms of delivering basic services and social protection; and
- the political, with regards to the recognition of citizenship for women and other excluded groups.
.... and three core research questions:
- What forms and levels of state capacity are required to underpin inclusive development in different domains?
- What are the incentives and ideas that shape elite commitment to inclusive development and state effectiveness?
- Under what conditions, and with particular reference to power relations and ideas, do developmental types of state capacity and elite commitment emerge – and are sustained
People
Key researchers working on this theme include:
Professor David Hulme (CEO)
Professor Kunal Sen (Research Director)
Dr Sam Hickey (Research Director)
Dr Laura Routley (Research Associate)
Funding
ESID is based in BWPI/IDPM and has received funding from:
Publications
More detailed information can be found at the ESID website