Dressel, BjoernDinnen, Sinclair2021-01-282021-01-28http://hdl.handle.net/1885/220058The concept of political settlements has gained considerable traction in development circles in recent years (see here, here and here), although still more as a subject for discussion and debate among scholars and practitioners than as something that is routinely influencing donor interventions. As highlighted in a separate policy brief, we believe that while the concept holds considerable potential, several aspects deserve more careful attention before it can be truly useful in development practice.This report was commisioned by Development policy centreapplication/pdfen-AU© 2014https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/2014-022020-11-02Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License