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Welcome to the the International Development Department (IDD) at the University of Birmingham.


The International Development Department (IDD) addresses a wide range of public management and governance issues in developing and transitional countries in Southern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the former USSR. Our areas of expertise include:

  • Evaluation of governance and public management reforms
  • Democratisation and political reform
  • Conflict, state failure and reconstruction
  • Corruption, aid effectiveness and financial management
  • Decentralisation and local governance
  • Social and human aspects of development

We are distinguished in the development world by our capacity to span the divide between theory and practice.

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