Ole Therkildsen

MA, Policy Analysis & Regional Planning;
MSc, geografi/offentlig administration/politologi
Seniorforsker, indsatsområdet Politik og udvikling
T: +45 3269 8714, E: , F: +45 3269 8700
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Ekspertise

Forskning og konsulentarbejde i statsopbygning, reformer af den offentlige sektor, decentralisering, god regeringsførelse, politisk økonomi af produktion, beskatning og kapacitetsudvikling - hovedsagelig i Østafrika.

Udvalgte projekter og programmer

Elites, Production and Poverty: A comparative study.

Public sector reform issues, especially concerning decentralisation and service delivery.

Udvalgte publikationer

‘What drives states to support the development of productive sectors?. Strategies ruling elites pursue for political survival and their policy implications.’ With Lindsay Whitfield. DIIS Working Paper, 2011: 15.

‘Elections in Africa: Mixed blessings for growth and poverty alleviation.’ With Mette Kjær. DIIS Policy Brief. June 2011.

‘Working in neopatrimonial settings: perceptions of public sector staff in Tanzania and Uganda.’ Accepted for publication in Bierschenck T. and O. de Sardan (eds). African Bureaucracies. To be published by Brill. 2011.

Mass Taxation and State-Society Relations in East Africa. With O. Fjeldstad. In Taxation and State Building in Developing Countries: Capacity and consent. Ed. by D. Bräutigam, O. Fjeldstad and M. Moore. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2008.

Harmonization and alignment: the double-edged swords of budget support and decentralised aid administration. Copenhagen: DIIS Working Paper 2007:4.

Elusive public sector reforms in east and southern Africa. In Public sector reform in developing countries. Ed. by Y. Bangura. Basingstoke: Palgrave. 2006.

Udvalgte rekvirerede studier

2009, Elites, Production and Poverty in Africa. Background paper for the preparation of the new Danish Aid Policy (Danida)

2008, Public sector reforms and the development of productive capacities in LDCs. Background paper no 1 for the 2008 LDC report (UNCTAD)

2006, Some evaluation-based findings and recommendations of relevance for the Africa strategy (Danida)

2006, Staff management and organizational performance in Tanzania and Uganda: public servant perspectives (Danida)

Udvalgte forskningsrelaterede aktiviteter

Peer reviews for Comparative Political Studies, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Modern African Studies, Public Administration and Development, and World Development.

Member of Advisory Group for the Research Programme Consortium on Power, Politics and People, ODI, London.

Member of the Advisory Board for the Forum for Development Studies, a journal of the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI).

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