This paper explores and sumarises the discussions that took place during the International Conference on Evidence-Informed Policy Making in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
What is the evidence on evidence‐informed policy making?
27/02/2013
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The Global Guide to Research Impact
It’s not easy to measure the impact of development research in bringing about positive change. It’s even harder to show how communications efforts, and expenditure, helps to achieve both research objectives, and development outcomes. This section aims to offer key resources and insights to help support better monitoring and evaluation of research uptake activities.
27/02/2013
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This paper explores and sumarises the discussions that took place during the International Conference on Evidence-Informed Policy Making in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
12/06/2012
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This Background Note describes a case study of one attempt to assess the impact of a knowledge product: The Vietnam Development Report 2010 (VDR 2010)….
09/06/2012
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Just as there have been repeated calls for aid evaluation to move beyond outputs to measure downstream impacts, it is also important for the same principles to be internalised in thinking about impact evaluations themselves.
22/12/2011
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The objectives of this systematic review were to synthesise empirical evidence on the use of research evidence by public health decision makers in settings with universal health care systems.
23/10/2011
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One of the first important points when defining socio-economic impact is the distinction between „dissemination‟ and „impact‟. One of its main conclusions, that while disseminating to a wide range of audiences is positive, impact has to be evidenced by the application of the research outcomes by the user or community.
23/10/2011
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There has been a great deal of interest in recent years in supporting evidence-informed policymaking in developing countries. In particular, there have been efforts to…
14/08/2011
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The paper condenses five years of work into six key lessons that are essential to any researcher or organisation wishing to generate evidence-based policy change.
25/03/2011
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This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the importance of synergy between researchers and decision-makers in Africa and how this can contribute to development.
14/03/2011
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Vanesa Weyrauch and Gala Diaz Langou have developed a conceptual framework to identify factors that help or hinder impact evaluation and analyze how they influence…
23/10/2010
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This paper lays out the reasons why we might want to examine the difference that research can make. It then explores different ways of approaching this problem, outlining the core issues and choices that arise when seeking to assess research impact.
22/01/2010
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What shapes the influence evidence has on policy? The key lesson that emerges from this
paper is the primacy of politics in shaping how evidence is used.
22/01/2010
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This Review addresses a mismatch between what is known about how to respond to particular health problems in poor economies and what is actually done about…
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