This paper provides an indepth look at the rsearch ‘impact’ that can be attributed to blogging. Written by Berk Ozler and David McKenzie at the…
Working Paper: The Impact of Economics Blogs
23/05/2012
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The Global Guide to Research Impact
23/05/2012
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This paper provides an indepth look at the rsearch ‘impact’ that can be attributed to blogging. Written by Berk Ozler and David McKenzie at the…
16/05/2012
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Co-published by the HSRC and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) this report is an analysis of discussions and presentations that took place at the…
01/05/2012
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Using the Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) framework, this interesting study, by Ajoy Datta and Nicola Jones (both ODI) entitled ‘Linkages between researchers and…
01/05/2012
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Better use of research-based evidence in development policy and practice can make a huge difference to peoples lives. But for this to happen more effectively…
30/04/2012
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These useful links provided by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2006) discuss the role of intermediaries and the issues surrounding them, important when aiming…
23/01/2012
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In 2009, Young Lives obtained seed funding from IKMEmergent to find new ways in which to how to visualise data. After looking at a range of tools, the programme built an online ‘virtual village’.
21/01/2012
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This report is the fourth report in a series of evaluative reports commenting on the Information and Knowledge Management Emergent (IKME) research program. IKM is…
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…
27/09/2011
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An independent review of the Relay programme took place between October 2010 and February 2011 and included field visits to five programme focus countries – Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia…
12/09/2011
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Promoting Research Uptake: New media versus traditional media is a recently published DFID paper from the IPS Africa Changing Lives: Making Research Real Forum held…
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