Explanation of the UNCDF three-phase maturity model for innovation, from innovation to consolidation to scaling up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4yg8s2lX3c.
State legitimacy and public sector performance in Uganda
One important issue that causes some controversy concerns efficiency and effectiveness of the public sector and the overall government performance in Uganda. After all, the NRM from the outset esta
Mariana Mazzucato, The Value of Everything – Part 2
Building on the theoretical discussion in the first part, the second part of the book demonstrates how those theoretical shifts practically manifest themselves in modern economies. One is financial
Jervin and Rodrik: Lessons for Africa
This is a review of two books published in the past 3 years, Morten Jerven’s Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong (2015), Dani Rodrik’s Economics Rules (2017). Jerven focuses on Africa whereas R
About the blog
This blog has two parts (at least for now). One presents my reviews on books and publications on development in the developing world. The focus is on development economics but other fields (politic
About the author
My name is Dmitry Pozhidaev, and for the past 30 years, I have pursued a dual career as a development practitioner and an academic. As a practitioner, I have worked across the Balkans, the former S
Mariana Mazzucato, The Value of Everything – Part 1
I will start with my favorite among the recent readings: Mariana Mazzucato’s The Value of Everything Making and Taking in the Global Economy (Allen Lane, 2018). The title is an allusion to Oscar
Elusive development
This is my attempt to contribute to knowledge about how the development community is trying to address critical development challenges in the developing countries, first and foremost the least deve