Reviews and Other Featured Articles from our Newsletter

This page contains some of the book reviews, reflective pieces and featured articles originally published in the TWP Newsletter. Click on the links to access the full content.

November-December 2024 (Holiday edition)

Lowcock, M., and Dissanayake, R. (2024). The Rise and Fall of the Department for International Development. Centre for Global Development. Book Review by Simon Maxwell 


September- October 2024 Newsletter

The Political Economy of Air Quality Management in Ghana: A literature review by Sharon Boadu


June – August 2024 (Summer Edition)

1. Thinking and Working Politically: A reflective piece by Duncan Green

2. Mcloughlin, C., Ali. S., Xie, K., Cheeseman, C., and Hudson, D. E., (2024). The Politics of Development. Sage. A book review by Sithandiwe Mujuru


April-May 2024 Newsletter

Shah, R. (2023) Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens, Simon & Schuster. A book review by Lyndsey Hand


February- March 2024 Newsletter

1. PEA, PER, and an idea: ‘Our World in Data… for Political Economy Research’ – Practical Politics Platform: Thoughts from Peter Evans

2. Cohen, A., Ramandani, D., and Cheney-Coker (2023) With All of Our Hearts: Demand- Driven Learning in International Development Sector. Ignited World LLC. A review by Florencia Guerzovich


December 2023- January 2024 Newsletter

Bojić, D., Clark, M. and Urban, K. (2022) Focus on governance for more effective policy and technical support: Governance and policy support framework paper. Rome: FAO. A review by Marco Mezzera