Welfare Regimes and the Political Economy of Learning in Developing Countries

This paper synthesises the findings of the RISE Political Economy of Adoption (PET-A) country studies by interpreting their findings in light of the findings of comparative research on the evolution of ‘welfare regimes’, and suggests that PET-A countries, have not, for the most part, developed the sorts of political settlements identified as conducive to change in the welfare regimes literature and lack coalitions that are capable of driving education development.