Developmental leadership

Publications

Contextualising leadership: Looking for leadership in the everyday

March 2022

Contextualising leadership: Looking for leadership in the everyday
Kabini Sanga Seu'ula Johansson-Fua Martyn Reynolds David Fa'avae Richard Robyns Danny Jim
Leadership in the shadow of the pandemic

July 2021

Leadership in the shadow of the pandemic
Chris Roche Tony Hiriasia Elisabeth Jackson Mark Moran Gordon Leua Nanau Cucu Saidah Ishak Salim Baia Warapa Robin Diver
Beyond political will: effective leadership for water and sanitation

June 2021

Beyond political will: effective leadership for water and sanitation
Claire Mcloughlin Henry Northover Tum Nhim Peter O'Connor
Legislative leadership in the time of COVID-19

January 2021

Legislative leadership in the time of COVID-19
Rebecca Gordon Nic Cheeseman
Identity Matters: Unpacking The Effects Of Prototypicality On Perceptions Of Leadership In Indonesia

December 2019

Identity Matters: Unpacking The Effects Of Prototypicality On Perceptions Of Leadership In Indonesia
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin Anna Margret Dirga Ardiansa Yolanda Pandjaitan Mia Novitasari
How Can Developmental Leadership Be Supported?

October 2019

How Can Developmental Leadership Be Supported?
Lisa Denney Chris Roche
How Do Leaders Collectively Change Institutions?

October 2019

How Do Leaders Collectively Change Institutions?
Sohela Nazneen
Where Do Leaders Come From?

September 2019

Where Do Leaders Come From?
Jack Corbett
How Is Leadership Understood In Different Contexts?

September 2019

How Is Leadership Understood In Different Contexts?
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin
'I fought the law and the law won': Community Policing in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

May 2018

'I fought the law and the law won': Community Policing in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Paul Jackson E. Houston Shearon Demelash Kassaye
Youth Participation and Non-violent Resistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Case of LUCHA

May 2018

Youth Participation and Non-violent Resistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Case of LUCHA
Suda Perera Victor Anas Kambale Josaphat Musamba Bussy
What Enables or Disables Leadership for Transformational Change in Africa?

May 2018

What Enables or Disables Leadership for Transformational Change in Africa?
Suda Perera E. Houston Shearon Paul Jackson Heather Lyne de Ver
Developmental Leadership: What it is, why it matters, and how it can be supported

February 2018

Developmental Leadership: What it is, why it matters, and how it can be supported
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin Chris Roche Heather Marquette
Inside the black box of political will: 10 years of findings from the Developmental Leadership Program

February 2018

Inside the black box of political will: 10 years of findings from the Developmental Leadership Program
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin Chris Roche Heather Marquette
Higher Education, Bridging Capital and Developmental Leadership in the Philippines: Learning to be a crossover reformer

October 2017

Higher Education, Bridging Capital and Developmental Leadership in the Philippines: Learning to be a crossover reformer
Michele Schweisfurth Lynn Davies Lorraine Pe Symaco Oscar Valiente
Thinking and Working Politically to Support Developmental Leadership and Coalitions: The Pacific Leadership Program

October 2016

Thinking and Working Politically to Support Developmental Leadership and Coalitions: The Pacific Leadership Program
Lisa Denney Rebecca McLaren
Higher education and leadership for development in the Philippines

September 2016

Higher education and leadership for development in the Philippines
Michele Schweisfurth
Developmental leadership in the Philippines: Educational experiences, institutions and networks

September 2016

Developmental leadership in the Philippines: Educational experiences, institutions and networks
Michele Schweisfurth Lynn Davies Lorraine Pe Symaco Oscar Valiente Chelsea Robles
Political Engagement with Non-State Actors in Areas of Limited Statehood

June 2015

Political Engagement with Non-State Actors in Areas of Limited Statehood
Suda Perera
Inclusive Political Settlements: Evidence, Gaps, and Challenges of Institutional Transformation

June 2015

Inclusive Political Settlements: Evidence, Gaps, and Challenges of Institutional Transformation
Alina Rocha Menocal
Executive Summary - Political Engagement with Non-State Actors in Areas of Limited Statehood

June 2015

Executive Summary - Political Engagement with Non-State Actors in Areas of Limited Statehood
Suda Perera
Authoritarianism, Democracy and Development

November 2014

Authoritarianism, Democracy and Development
Tim Kelsall
The Politics-Bureaucracy Interface: Impact on Development Reform

October 2014

The Politics-Bureaucracy Interface: Impact on Development Reform
Niheer Dasandi
Achieving Reforms in Oligarchical Democracies: The Role of Leadership and Coalitions in the Philippines

April 2014

Achieving Reforms in Oligarchical Democracies: The Role of Leadership and Coalitions in the Philippines
John T. Sidel
Executive Summary - Achieving Reforms in Oligarchical Democracies

April 2014

Executive Summary - Achieving Reforms in Oligarchical Democracies
John T. Sidel
Higher Education and Developmental Leadership: The Case of Ghana

March 2014

Higher Education and Developmental Leadership: The Case of Ghana
Amir Jones Charlotte Jones Susy Ndaruhutse
Executive Summary - Higher Education and Developmental Leadership in Ghana

March 2014

Executive Summary - Higher Education and Developmental Leadership in Ghana
Amir Jones Charlotte Jones Susy Ndaruhutse
Executive Summary - The Medellin Miracle

January 2014

Executive Summary - The Medellin Miracle
Kate Maclean
Executive Summary - Manoeuvres for a Low Carbon State

June 2012

Executive Summary - Manoeuvres for a Low Carbon State
Tom Harrison Genia Kostka
Coalitions in the Politics of Development

April 2012

Coalitions in the Politics of Development
Adrian Leftwich
Emerging and Non-Emerging African Countries: A Statistical Exploration of the Leadership Factor

February 2012

Emerging and Non-Emerging African Countries: A Statistical Exploration of the Leadership Factor
Monique Theron
Executive Summary - Emerging and Non-Emerging African Countries

February 2012

Executive Summary - Emerging and Non-Emerging African Countries
Monique Theron
Executive Summary - Between Hope and Resignation

February 2012

Executive Summary - Between Hope and Resignation
Iván Égido Friedhelm Guttandin Gustavo López Jana Leutner Ulrich Müller Lena Lázaro
Learning and Leadership: Exploring the linkages between higher education and developmental leadership

November 2011

Learning and Leadership: Exploring the linkages between higher education and developmental leadership
Laura Brannelly Laura Lewis Susy Ndaruhutse
Executive Summary - African Trends and Transformation

November 2011

Executive Summary - African Trends and Transformation
Monique Theron
Predatory leaderships, predatory rule and predatory states

September 2011

Predatory leaderships, predatory rule and predatory states
Alex Bavister-Gould
Politics, Leadership and Coalitions in Development: Findings, insights and guidance

June 2011

Politics, Leadership and Coalitions in Development: Findings, insights and guidance
Adrian Leftwich Chris Wheeler
Institutions of Integrity and the Integrity of Institutions: Integrity and ethics in the politics of developmental leadership

March 2011

Institutions of Integrity and the Integrity of Institutions: Integrity and ethics in the politics of developmental leadership
Eduard Grebe Minka Woermann
Overview and Objectives: The Developmental Leadership Program

February 2011

Overview and Objectives: The Developmental Leadership Program
Steve Hogg Adrian Leftwich
Executive Summary - Higher Education and the Formation of Developmental Elites

February 2011

Executive Summary - Higher Education and the Formation of Developmental Elites
Laura Brannelly Laura Lewis Susy Ndaruhutse
Executive Summary - Working Politically Behind Red Lines Egypt and Jordan

February 2011

Executive Summary - Working Politically Behind Red Lines Egypt and Jordan
Mariz Tadros
An Analysis of Leadership Development Programmes Working in the Context of Development

February 2011

An Analysis of Leadership Development Programmes Working in the Context of Development
Heather Lyne de Ver Fraser Kennedy
Executive Summary - An Analysis of Leadership Development Programmes

February 2011

Executive Summary - An Analysis of Leadership Development Programmes
Heather Lyne de Ver Fraser Kennedy
Higher education and the formation of developmental elites: A literature review and preliminary data analysis

February 2011

Higher education and the formation of developmental elites: A literature review and preliminary data analysis
Laura Brannelly Laura Lewis Susy Ndaruhutse
Executive Summary - Yemen: Developmental Dysfunction and Division

February 2011

Executive Summary - Yemen: Developmental Dysfunction and Division
Sarah Phillips
Leadership Training and Network Formation: The evolution of the LEAD process

January 2011

Leadership Training and Network Formation: The evolution of the LEAD process
Marine Destrez Nick Harrison
Executive Summary - An Anatomy of Political Predation in Zimbabwe

January 2011

Executive Summary - An Anatomy of Political Predation in Zimbabwe
Michael Bratton Eldred Masunungure
An Overview of the Research in Progress: The Developmental Leadership Program

May 2010

An Overview of the Research in Progress: The Developmental Leadership Program
Adrian Leftwich
Bringing Agency Back In: Politics and Human Agency in Building Institutions and States

June 2009

Bringing Agency Back In: Politics and Human Agency in Building Institutions and States
Adrian Leftwich
Indigenous Institutions, Traditional Leaders and Developmental Coalitions: The Case of Greater Durban, South Africa

June 2009

Indigenous Institutions, Traditional Leaders and Developmental Coalitions: The Case of Greater Durban, South Africa
Jo Beall Mduduzi Ngonyama
Leaders, Elites and Coalitions in the Development of Botswana

April 2009

Leaders, Elites and Coalitions in the Development of Botswana
David Sebudubudu Patrick Molutsi
Coalitions, Capitalists and Credibility: Overcoming the Crisis of Confidence at Independence in Mauritius

April 2009

Coalitions, Capitalists and Credibility: Overcoming the Crisis of Confidence at Independence in Mauritius
Deborah Brautigam Tania Diolle
Conceptions of Leadership

March 2009

Conceptions of Leadership
Heather Lyne de Ver
Leaders, Networks and Coalitions in the AIDS Response: A Comparison of Uganda and South Africa

February 2009

Leaders, Networks and Coalitions in the AIDS Response: A Comparison of Uganda and South Africa
Eduard Grebe Nicoli Nattrass
Leadership, Politics and Development

April 2008

Leadership, Politics and Development
Heather Lyne de Ver
The Politics of Institutional Indigenization

January 2008

The Politics of Institutional Indigenization
Adrian Leftwich Steve Hogg
Leaders, Elites and Coalitions: The case for leadership and the primacy of politics

November 2007

Leaders, Elites and Coalitions: The case for leadership and the primacy of politics
Steve Hogg Adrian Leftwich

Opinions

Leadership Observatory 21: Elite bargains, leadership qualities & political settlements

14th June 2022

Leadership Observatory 21: Elite bargains, leadership qualities & political settlements
Robin Diver
What makes individuals become agents of change? Lessons learned from the development of Indonesia’s financial inclusion strategy

3rd May 2022

What makes individuals become agents of change? Lessons learned from the development of Indonesia’s financial inclusion strategy
Resya Kania
Leadership Observatory: Issue 20

12th April 2022

Leadership Observatory: Issue 20
Robin Diver
How to support reformist leadership without falling into unhelpful traps: Three suggestions for external aid programs

11th April 2022

How to support reformist leadership without falling into unhelpful traps: Three suggestions for external aid programs
Anna Gibert
Mission driven bureaucrats: Why support intrinsic motivation in developmental leadership?

24th March 2022

Mission driven bureaucrats: Why support intrinsic motivation in developmental leadership?
Dan Honig Robin Diver
Adaptive Programming at the Sub-National Level: Evidence from Papua New Guinea

14th February 2022

Adaptive Programming at the Sub-National Level: Evidence from Papua New Guinea
Baia Warapa Mark Moran
Leadership Observatory: Issue 18

14th December 2021

Leadership Observatory: Issue 18
Robin Diver
Managing Leadership for Pacific Regionalism

12th October 2021

Managing Leadership for Pacific Regionalism
Ambassador Kaliopate Tavola
Leadership Observatory: Issue 17

8th October 2021

Leadership Observatory: Issue 17
Robin Diver
Leadership Observatory: Issue 16

2nd August 2021

Leadership Observatory: Issue 16
Alana Tomlin
Oceania, education and promoting change from within

29th June 2021

Oceania, education and promoting change from within
Hilary Tolley
Leadership Observatory: Issue 15

5th May 2021

Leadership Observatory: Issue 15
Alana Tomlin
“You’ve got to really know yourself”: Where do women leaders come from and how can we support them?

30th April 2021

“You’ve got to really know yourself”: Where do women leaders come from and how can we support them?
Rebecca Gordon
Legislative leadership in the time of COVID-19

25th February 2021

Legislative leadership in the time of COVID-19
Rebecca Gordon
Myanmar’s military coup: will we ever know what was in the black box of decision making? The uncomfortable issue of leadership

10th February 2021

Myanmar’s military coup: will we ever know what was in the black box of decision making? The uncomfortable issue of leadership
Jasmine Burnley
Measuring local leadership with 144 natural experiments

26th January 2021

Measuring local leadership with 144 natural experiments
Tum Nhim Panhaka Nou Sodany Saing
Leadership Observatory: Issue 13

7th December 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue 13
Alana Tomlin
Leadership Observatory: Issue 12

23rd September 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue 12
Kyle Smith
Leadership Observatory: Issue 11

27th August 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue 11
Kyle Smith David Hudson
Talking about tok stori

14th August 2020

Talking about tok stori
Kabini Sanga Martyn Reynolds
Transformative political leadership for girls’ education

29th July 2020

Transformative political leadership for girls’ education
Rebecca Gordon Pauline Rose
Leadership Observatory: Issue Ten

10th July 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue Ten
Kyle Smith
Leadership Observatory: Issue Nine

24th June 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue Nine
Kyle Smith
Leadership Observatory: Issue Eight

10th June 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue Eight
Kyle Smith
Reframing International Development to Respond to COVID-19: Essential Features of Effective Programs in the New Normal

10th June 2020

Reframing International Development to Respond to COVID-19: Essential Features of Effective Programs in the New Normal
Anna Gibert
Sustaining Women's Leadership Post-COVID-19

8th June 2020

Sustaining Women's Leadership Post-COVID-19
Tanya Jakimow
Leadership Observatory: Issue Seven

3rd June 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue Seven
Kyle Smith
Locally-led aid in the time of corona: throwing away the remote control

1st June 2020

Locally-led aid in the time of corona: throwing away the remote control
Maia King Rose Pinnington Chris Roche
Three lessons we can learn from the success of women’s leadership during COVID-19

28th May 2020

Three lessons we can learn from the success of women’s leadership during COVID-19
Alana Tomlin
Leadership Observatory: Issue Six

26th May 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue Six
Kyle Smith
Livelihoods, Leadership, Linkages, and Locality: The Simbo for Change Project, Solomon Islands

13th May 2020

Livelihoods, Leadership, Linkages, and Locality: The Simbo for Change Project, Solomon Islands
John Cox
Are young women leaders in the Pacific being heard during the COVID-19 crisis?

11th May 2020

Are young women leaders in the Pacific being heard during the COVID-19 crisis?
Jane Alver
The limits of COVID compliance? Three tests for legitimate rules

6th May 2020

The limits of COVID compliance? Three tests for legitimate rules
Claire Mcloughlin David Hudson
Leadership Observatory: Issue Three

1st May 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue Three
Kyle Smith
Leadership Observatory: Issue Two

24th April 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue Two
Kyle Smith
Britain’s “Police State” and the Dangers of Everyday Authoritarianism

22nd April 2020

Britain’s “Police State” and the Dangers of Everyday Authoritarianism
Jonathan Fisher
Leadership Observatory: Issue One

16th April 2020

Leadership Observatory: Issue One
Kyle Smith
Developmental leadership in a time of global pandemic

7th April 2020

Developmental leadership in a time of global pandemic
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin Chris Roche Alana Tomlin
Using consultation to build local leadership and work politically – the case of the Myanmar Investment Law

31st March 2020

Using consultation to build local leadership and work politically – the case of the Myanmar Investment Law
Jasmine Burnley Niheer Dasandi David Hudson
COVID-19, localisation and locally led development: A critical juncture

26th March 2020

COVID-19, localisation and locally led development: A critical juncture
Chris Roche Fiona Tarpey
Escape the room: Take the facts with you!

2nd March 2020

Escape the room: Take the facts with you!
Chris Roche
How Can Aid Agencies Support Developmental Leadership?

18th December 2019

How Can Aid Agencies Support Developmental Leadership?
Chris Roche Lisa Denney
Seeing Like A Leader

28th October 2019

Seeing Like A Leader
Jack Corbett
Leadership Through The Looking Glass: Why Understanding What Leadership Means in Different Contexts Matters

21st October 2019

Leadership Through The Looking Glass: Why Understanding What Leadership Means in Different Contexts Matters
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin
Let Local Leaders Lead: Why Donors Should Create More Space for Local Leadership

27th September 2019

Let Local Leaders Lead: Why Donors Should Create More Space for Local Leadership
Dan Honig
Understanding Developmental Leadership

31st July 2019

Understanding Developmental Leadership
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin Chris Roche
The fate of leadership which aspires to leave no-one behind

22nd July 2019

The fate of leadership which aspires to leave no-one behind
Chris Roche
Call for Papers: ‘Leadership and Political Change in Asia-Pacific’ for a Special Issue of Politics and Governance

10th June 2019

Call for Papers: ‘Leadership and Political Change in Asia-Pacific’ for a Special Issue of Politics and Governance
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin Chris Roche
Leadership for development

24th May 2019

Leadership for development
Kyle Smith David Hudson
Where does political will come from?

2nd March 2018

Where does political will come from?
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin
Developmental leadership: putting inclusiveness first

24th September 2015

Developmental leadership: putting inclusiveness first
Seth D. Kaplan
Political settlements: people and the landscapes of power

24th July 2015

Political settlements: people and the landscapes of power
Alan Whaites
Two remarkable transitions: lessons from Oman and Somaliland

20th July 2015

Two remarkable transitions: lessons from Oman and Somaliland
Sarah Phillips
Indonesia and the political settlements trap

17th July 2015

Indonesia and the political settlements trap
Graham Teskey
Inclusive political settlements: who and what gets included?

13th July 2015

Inclusive political settlements: who and what gets included?
Alina Rocha Menocal
Authoritarianism, democracy and development

27th November 2014

Authoritarianism, democracy and development
Tim Kelsall
Higher education in the post-2015 agenda: proof that it matters

11th September 2014

Higher education in the post-2015 agenda: proof that it matters
Susy Ndaruhutse
Pacific power: new femininities and women's leadership in the Pacific

24th June 2014

Pacific power: new femininities and women's leadership in the Pacific
Ceridwen Spark
Education, development, and the problem with consensus

7th April 2014

Education, development, and the problem with consensus
Michele Schweisfurth
What's so 'African' about African leadership?

1st April 2014

What's so 'African' about African leadership?
Suda Perera
How quality secondary and higher education can improve national leadership: lessons from Ghana

25th March 2014

How quality secondary and higher education can improve national leadership: lessons from Ghana
Amir Jones
Climate change and adaptation in the Pacific Islands: watering down women's security?

7th March 2014

Climate change and adaptation in the Pacific Islands: watering down women's security?
Nicole George
Medellin - more than a miracle

4th March 2014

Medellin - more than a miracle
Cheryl Stonehouse
What's in a name? Leadership as more than the 'big men' and 'big women' of history

11th February 2014

What's in a name? Leadership as more than the 'big men' and 'big women' of history
Heather Lyne de Ver
Peace and security in Africa: from summitry to solutions

20th December 2013

Peace and security in Africa: from summitry to solutions
Stefan Wolff
Somaliland's route to peace

12th December 2013

Somaliland's route to peace
Sarah Phillips
Developmental leaders, dirty hands, and the dark side of collaboration

11th December 2013

Developmental leaders, dirty hands, and the dark side of collaboration
Niheer Dasandi
Welcome to DLP's blog

10th December 2013

Welcome to DLP's blog
Heather Marquette

Projects

Citizen state engagement in Solomon Islands: learning from pockets of developmental leadership

Current Project

December 2020 – December 2022

Citizen state engagement in Solomon Islands: learning from pockets of developmental leadership

Tony Hiriasia, David Hudson, Ujjwal Krishna, Claire Mcloughlin, Gordon Leua Nanau, Chris Roche

 Disability leadership in Indonesia

Current Project

December 2020 – June 2022

Disability leadership in Indonesia

Elisabeth Jackson, Ekawati Liu, Erin Wilson, Sen Sendjaya, Yuyun Yuningsih, Cucu Saidah, Joni Yulianto, Ishak Salim, Robandi, Nur Syarif Ramadhan, Panji Surya Putra Sahetapy

 Appreciating Pacific understandings of school leadership: Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Marshall Islands

Current Project

April 2020 – June 2022

Appreciating Pacific understandings of school leadership: Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Marshall Islands

Seu'ula Johansson-Fua, Kabini Sanga, David Fa'avae, Martyn Reynolds, Richard Robyns, Graham Hiele, Grace Rohoana, Danny Jim, Demetria Malachi, Loretta Case

 Introduction to DLP III

Current Project

January 2019 – June 2022

Introduction to DLP III

David Hudson, Claire Mcloughlin, Chris Roche, Sohela Nazneen, Jack Corbett, Lisa Denney

 How can MPs support inclusive change?

January 2021 – September 2021

How can MPs support inclusive change?

Rebecca Gordon, Victoria Hasson, Nic Cheeseman, David Hudson

 Leadership journeys and outcomes of Civic Champions Program in rural Cambodia

April 2020 – June 2021

Leadership journeys and outcomes of Civic Champions Program in rural Cambodia

Tum Nhim, Long Heng Orng, Adrien Stehly, Panhaka Nou, Sodany Saing

 Parliamentary leadership in times of crisis

September 2020 – January 2021

Parliamentary leadership in times of crisis

Rebecca Gordon, Nic Cheeseman