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Here you'll find all currently available DLP policy briefs, concept papers, research papers, and background papers, as well as publications from our earlier programs. We've also included a selection of relevant external publications.

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Our Key Publications | View all Our Key Publications >
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Politics, Leadership and Coalitions in Development - Findings, insights and guidance.pdf (728KB)
from the DLP's first Research and Policy Workshop, Frankfurt 10-11 March 2011, Adrian Leftwich & Chris Wheeler, June 2011.
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Politics, Leadership and Coalitions in Development - Policy Implications of the DLP Research Evidence.pdf (1015KB)
Frankfurt Workshop Document
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Coalitions in the Politics of Development.pdf (685KB)
Findings, insights and guidance from the DLP Coalitions Workshop, Sydney, February 15-16, 2012.
Research Papers | View all Research Papers >
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Manoeuvres for a Low Carbon State.pdf (820KB)
Research Paper 22: The Local Politics of Climate Change in China and India, Tom Harrison & Genia Kostka, June 2012
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From Islands of Integrity to Understanding the Politics of Corruption Reduction.pdf (1097KB)
Research Paper 21: Phase One - Statistical Identification of positive outliers, Caryn Peiffer, March 2012
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Between Hope and Resignation.pdf (808KB)
Research Paper 20: Perceptions and practices of politics and leadership among the poor in southern South America, Iván Égido, Friedhelm Guttandin, Gustavo López, Jana Leutner, Ulrich Müller, & Lena Lázaro, February 2012
Executive Summaries of Research Papers | View all Executive Summaries of Research Papers >
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Executive Summary - Manoeuvres for a Low Carbon State.pdf (289KB)
Executive Summary of Research Paper 22 - Tom Harrison & Genia Kostka, June 2012
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Executive Summary - Between Hope and Resignation.pdf (283KB)
Executive Summary of Research Paper 20 - Iván Égido, Friedhelm Guttandin, Gustavo López, Jana Leutner, Ulrich Müller, & Lena Lázaro, February 2012
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Executive Summary - Emerging and Non-Emerging African Countries.pdf (278KB)
Executive Summary of Research Paper 19 - Monique Theron, February 2012
Concept Papers | View all Concept Papers >
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Reform Coalitions.pdf (610KB)
Concept Paper 03: Patterns and hypotheses from a survey of the literature, Caryn Peiffer, May 2012.
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Riker in the Tropics.pdf (416KB)
Concept Paper 02: The Theory of Political Coalitions (1962) and the politics of change in developing countries, Adrian Leftwich & Edward Laws, April 2012.
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Predatory leaderships, predatory rule and predatory states.pdf (8424KB)
Concept Paper 01: Alex Bavister-Gould, September 2011
Background Papers | View all Background Papers >
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Governance, Politics and Development in the Pacific.pdf (554KB)
Background Paper 14: A literature survey, Edward Laws, January 2013.
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The Politics of State Business Relations in the Pacific.pdf (503KB)
Background Paper 13: What is already documented and what do we need to know? Caryn Peiffer, November 2012.
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Monitoring and Evaluation when Politics Matters.pdf (664KB)
Background Paper 12: Notes from Program Experience, Chris Roche & Linda Kelly, November 2012.
Non-DLP Publications | View all Non-DLP Publications >
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MacLaren et al - How Civil Society Organizations Work Politically.pdf (2494KB)
to Promote Pro-Poor Policies in Decentralised Indonesian Cities. The Asia Foundation Occasional Paper No. 6
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Anthony Land, Leaders, Elites and Coalitions.pdf (164KB)
The Role of Politics and Human Agency in Building Institutions and States: Capacity Development Perspectives, April 2010
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Peter VonDoepp, The Leadership Variable in Africa.pdf (128KB)
Situating Structure and Agency in Governance Trajectories, Prepared for the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2009
House style and writing guides | View all House style and writing guides >
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House Style and Guidance Notes.pdf (527KB)
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How to write a DLP policy brief.pdf (514KB)
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How to write an executive summary.pdf (513KB)
Book Reviews | View all Book Reviews >
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Book review Melo Ngethe and Manor.pdf (211KB)
A Review of Melo, Ng'ethe & Manor "Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty" (London: C. Hurst & Co., 2012) by Eduard Grebe for DLP.
Coalitions Workshop Sydney 2012 | View all Coalitions Workshop Sydney 2012 >
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Sam Hickey Discussion Notes.pdf (148KB)
Sam Hickey, University of Manchester: Discussion from the Coalitions Workshop, February 2012.
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Chittick, Mendoza, Parker - Coalitions for Change Philippines.pdf (512KB)
Sam Chittick (AusAID), Joey Mendoza (The Asia Foundation) & Andrew Parker (AusAID): Coalitions for Change Philippines, February 2012.
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Richard Butterworth - Lessons from Myanmar.pdf (414KB)
Richard Butterworth, DfID: Lessons from Myanmar, February 2012.
Misc Items | View all Misc Items >
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Between Hope and Resignation Annex.pdf (995KB)
Research Paper 20: Perceptions and practices of politics and leadership among the poor in southern South America - Annex: A selection of interviews in the original Spanish.
Research and Policy Workshop Frankfurt 2011 | View all Research and Policy Workshop Frankfurt 2011 >
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Yemen Developmental Dysfunction Presentation March 2011.pdf (210KB)
Yemen: Developmental Dysfunction and Division in a Crisis State. Sarah Phillips.
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The Local Politics of Climate Change in China and India.pdf (414KB)
Working Politically for a Low Carbon State. Genia Kostka.
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Thinking politically Presentation March 2011.pdf (1536KB)
Thinking and Working Politically: What does it mean, why is it important and how do you do it? Adrian Leftwich.