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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Making your research accessible (42/54)
If research can’t be found, or is not easily understood by target audiences it simply does not travel, falling at the first hurdle in the process of trying to bring about change.
LinkedIn “Research ‘Impact’ Helpdesk” launched!
27/02/2013
Blog Posts
This blog introduces an new helpdesk (hosted on LinkedIn) for researchers and intermediaries to share and receive advice on achieving research ‘impact’, with an explicit focus on research communication and engagement.
Indonesia is growing fast, as is the demand for social welfare, but is evidence keeping pace?
19/02/2013
Blog Posts
Aranaldo Pellini looks at how evidence is informing policy in Indonesia, arguing that a big push to strengthen the use of research and data analysis in the design of public policies is needed to sustain growth.
Development linked research data
18/02/2013
Blog Posts
In this post, Pete Cranston looks at how data is used by the Hunger Safety Net Programme in Kenya, exploring how its innovative and technological application has the potential to provide significant benefits for consumers of development research.
Why Case Studies are a bridge to influence: A super-quick guide
11/02/2013
Blog Posts
This post looks at the power of case studies as a tool for communicating with different stakeholders, and is a timely overview given the Increasing number of practitioners and researchers being asked to develop case studies as part of project evaluation.
How to write a policy brief
26/01/2013
Guides & Tutorials
IDRC have put together this useful guide entitled “How to write a policy brief”. It covers pretty much everything you need to think about when developing a new brief, from framing the problem and defining the structure, to developing actionable recommendations.
Opening up research data
25/01/2013
Blog Posts
Open data on the web makes it possible to take information on research from many sources, and to generate ‘mash-ups’ that make it available in different places, on different platforms, and in ways that support action and impact.
Getting started on ‘evidence-informed’ policy
17/01/2013
Blog Posts
The word on the street is that ‘evidence informed’ policy is going to be big in 2013. R2A spoke to Antonio Capillo, part of the evidence informed policy making team at INASP, and asked him to recommend some blogs on the subject.
Open Access: What’s that about?
15/01/2013
Blog Posts
For those of you who are new to Open Access or would like understand it further Research to Action has put together a list of useful places on the web where you can find out more.
Using film to communicate research: Useful guides and blogs
10/01/2013
Guides & Tutorials
There has been a lot of talk and discussion around the use of film and video throughout the last year and it is becoming an…
Restless Development: Using cartoons to communicate research
11/12/2012
Blog Posts
Cartoons have been used in political satire a lot. However, with new media, cartoon animations are increasingly being used to inform, educate, influence, and bring to public domain issues of significance.
Making Sense of ‘Evidence’: Notes on the Discursive Politics of Research and Pro-Poor Policy Making
22/11/2012
Papers & Reports
This paper explores the assumptions underlying ‘evidence based’ approaches to poverty reduction impact assessment, and argues that the discourse of Evidence-Based Policy (EBP) does not always offer good guidance.
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
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