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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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Coalitions Workshop Sydney ... -
Concept Papers -
Predatory leaderships, pred... Concept Paper 01: Alex Bavister-Gould, September 2011 8424KB 30/03/2012 - 15:01:30
Reform Coalitions.pdf Concept Paper 03: Patterns and hypotheses from a survey of the literature, Caryn Peiffer, May 2012. 610KB 11/07/2012 - 13:01:20
Riker in the Tropics.pdf Concept Paper 02: The Theory of Political Coalitions (1962) and the politics of change in developing countries, Adrian Leftwich & Edward Laws, April 2012. 416KB 25/04/2012 - 09:37:10
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Between Hope and Resignatio... 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. 995KB 27/02/2012 - 15:08:06
Between Hope and Resignatio... 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 808KB 27/02/2012 - 15:04:48
Bringing History Back in.pdf Background Paper 09: Three Big Books: Summaries and some questions, Edward Laws & Adrian Leftwich, July 2012. 592KB 16/07/2012 - 14:10:42
Coalitions in the Politics ... Findings, insights and guidance from the DLP Coalitions Workshop, Sydney, February 15-16, 2012. 685KB 19/04/2012 - 11:14:20
Emerging and Non-Emerging A... Research Paper 19: A Statistical Exploration of the Leadership Factor, Monique Theron, February 2012 3542KB 09/02/2012 - 08:38:51
Executive Summary - African... Executive Summary of Research Paper 17 - Monique Theron, November 2011. 276KB 17/11/2011 - 10:09:13
Executive Summary - An Anal... Executive Summary of Research Paper 11 - Heather Lyne de Ver and Fraser Kennedy, February 2011. 308KB 18/03/2011 - 14:12:47
Executive Summary - An Anat... Executive Summary of Research Paper 09 - Michael Bratton and Eldred Masunungure, January 2011. 295KB 18/03/2011 - 14:10:08
Executive Summary - Between... Executive Summary of Research Paper 20 - Iván Égido, Friedhelm Guttandin, Gustavo López, Jana Leutner, Ulrich Müller, & Lena Lázaro, February 2012 283KB 07/03/2012 - 10:40:45
Executive Summary - Emergin... Executive Summary of Research Paper 19 - Monique Theron, February 2012 278KB 09/02/2012 - 09:13:18
Executive Summary - Higher ... Executive Summary of Research Paper 10 - Laura Brannelly, Laura Lewis & Susy Ndaruhutse, February 2011. 446KB 18/03/2011 - 14:11:44
Executive Summary - Integri... Executive Summary of Research Paper 15 - Eduard Grebe and Minka Woermann, March 2011. 313KB 18/03/2011 - 14:19:26
Executive Summary - Learnin... Executive Summary of Research Paper 18 - Laura Brannelly, Laura Lewis & Susy Ndaruhutse, November 2011. 272KB 28/11/2011 - 08:42:58
Executive Summary - Manoeuv... Executive Summary of Research Paper 22 - Tom Harrison & Genia Kostka, June 2012 289KB 21/06/2012 - 09:55:02
Executive Summary - Structu... Executive Summary of Research Paper 13 - Rebecca Hodes, Jennifer Thorpe and Orly Stern, February 2011. 296KB 18/03/2011 - 14:16:38
Executive Summary - The Pol... Executive Summary of Research Paper 16 - Andrew Rosser, Ian Wilson and Priyambudi Sulistiyanto, May 2011. 286KB 31/05/2011 - 14:26:17
Executive Summary - Working... Executive Summary of Research Paper 12 - Mariz Tadros, February 2011 289KB 18/03/2011 - 14:13:54
Executive Summary - Yemen -... Executive Summary of Research Paper 14 - Sarah Phillips, February 2011. 366KB 18/03/2011 - 14:18:04
From Islands of Integrity t... Research Paper 21: Phase One - Statistical Identification of positive outliers, Caryn Peiffer, March 2012 1097KB 08/03/2012 - 15:06:43
Governance, Politics and De... Background Paper 14: A literature survey, Edward Laws, January 2013. 554KB 25/01/2013 - 11:50:21
Manoeuvres for a Low Carbon... Research Paper 22: The Local Politics of Climate Change in China and India, Tom Harrison & Genia Kostka, June 2012 820KB 18/06/2012 - 15:09:15
Monitoring and Evaluation w... Background Paper 12: Notes from Program Experience, Chris Roche & Linda Kelly, November 2012. 664KB 05/11/2012 - 09:29:45
Political Settlements, Elit... Background Paper 10: A Conceptual Study, Edward Laws, August 2012 679KB 01/08/2012 - 10:25:45
Politics, Leadership and Co... from the DLP's first Research and Policy Workshop, Frankfurt 10-11 March 2011, Adrian Leftwich & Chris Wheeler, June 2011. 728KB 14/07/2011 - 11:55:42
Politics, Leadership and Co... Frankfurt Workshop Document 1015KB 17/05/2011 - 14:18:53
The Evaluation of Politics ... Background Paper 11: Chris Roche & Linda Kelly, August 2012. 1035KB 31/10/2012 - 10:01:18
The Politics of State Busin... Background Paper 13: What is already documented and what do we need to know? Caryn Peiffer, November 2012. 503KB 21/11/2012 - 12:49:14
Working politically worksho... DLP Frankfurt Workshop 10-11th March 2011 347KB 18/03/2011 - 14:07:54