Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Dr Anuradha Joshi is a social scientist with a focus on policy processes and extensive experience in institutional analysis of development. She has worked on issues related to poverty, low-income housing, public services and environmental policy. Her current research interests focus on collective action, social accountability and service delivery - mobilising 'demand' in basic services and in the scaling-up of innovative service delivery approaches. She is also interested in taxation of the informal sector. She has experience of consulting for bilateral and multilateral agencies in development and managing large, multi-country research projects and has travelled and researched in India, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam and Ghana.

Languages: Hindi, Marathi (fluent), Bengali, Spanish (basic)

Selected Projects and Recent Work

• Rising Powers in International Development
• The Governance of Service Delivery
• Academic Partnership in Support of Teaching Development Aid Curriculum in Russia

Thematic Expertise

Governance; Collective Action; Public Policy; Politics and Power; Rights; Taxation.

Selected Publications »»

• Joshi, A. (2012) 'Do they Work? Assessing the Impact of Transparency and Accountability Initiatives in', Development Policy Review
• Houtzager, P. P. and Joshi, A. (2012) 'Widgets or Watchdogs? Conceptual Explorations in Social Accountability', Public Management Review 14.2:145-162
• Joshi, A. (2012) 'Políticas Sociais: comparações entre Brasil e India' in Trubek, D. and Shapiro, M. (eds), Direito e Desenvolvimento, um Diálogo Entre os Brics, Sao Paolo:
• Rosser, A. and Joshi, A. (2011) 'Making Basic Education Free', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 18, Brighton: IDS
• Rosser, A. Joshi, A. and Edwin, D. (2011) 'Power, Politics, and Political Entrepreneurs: Realising Universal Free Basic Education in Indonesia', IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 358, Brighton: IDS
• Joshi, A. (2011) 'Institutions, Incentives: CLTS in India and Indonesia' in Mehta, L. and Movik, S. (eds), Shit Matters: The Potential of Community-Led Total Sanitation, Rugby: Practical Action Publishing
• Rosser, A. and Joshi, A and Edwin, D (2011) 'Power, Politics, and Political Entrepreneurs: Realising Universal Free Basic Education in Indonesia', IDS Working Paper 358, Brighton: IDS
• Joshi, A. (2010) ''Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme of Local Governance', World Development 38.4:620-630
• Joshi, A. and Ayee, J. (2009) 'Autonomy or organisation? Reforms in the Ghanaian Internal Revenue Service ', Public Administration and Development 29.4:289-302, John Wiley and Sons
• Bloom G., Standing, H. and Joshi, A. (2008) 'Institutional arrangements and health service delivery in low income countries' in Peters, D.H., et al (eds), Implementing Health Services Strategies in Low and Middle Income Countries: From Evidence to Learning and Doing, Washington DC: World Bank
• Houtzager, P., Joshi, A. and Gurza Lavalle, A. (2008) 'State Reform and Social Accountability', IDS Bulletin 38.6, Brighton: IDS
• Joshi, A. and Ayee, J. (2008) 'Associational Taxation: A Pathway into the Informal Sector' in Brautigam, D., Fjeldstad, O.H. and Moore, M. (eds), Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries: Capacity and Consent, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Joshi, A. (2007) 'The Politics of Pro-poor Policies in Madhya Pradesh, India', IDS Working Paper , Brighton: IDS
• Joshi, A. (2006) 'Institutions and Service Delivery in Asia', IDS Bulletin 37.3:115-29 , Brighton: IDS
• Joshi, A. (2005) 'For effective employment guarantee', The Hindu, 8 February