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Project Summary

There has been increasing awareness of how important institutions are for countries to grow and develop. The Economic Development & Institutions (EDI) research project aims to gather evidence on how to achieve positive institutional change, i.e. how institutions can contribute to growth and improved economic and social outcomes. The goal is to engage with policy makers and opinion leaders to generate information on solutions for effective policy change.

The Institutional Diagnostic Tool (IDT) is one of the four different types of research activities of the EDI project. Adopting a country-centred approach, it aims to design a diagnostic tool that will allow policy makers to identify institutional areas that constrain development and to give advice on appropriate directions for reform. The IDT is ongoing for Tanzania, Benin and Bangladesh, and Mozambique is the fourth country study. The overall aim is to derive a general diagnostic tool from the juxtaposition of these (and possibly one or two more) country studies.

Project Period

February 2019 – June 2021

Project Budget

£213.545

Funding

By DFID through a contract with the consortium formed by Oxford Policy Management (OPM), the Paris School of Economics (PSE), the University of Namur and the company Aide à la Décision Economique.