This guide provides a sample of frameworks around getting research into policy, which may be of use to think tanks and researchers alike.
Introduction to policy frameworks
14/02/2014
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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.
14/02/2014
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This guide provides a sample of frameworks around getting research into policy, which may be of use to think tanks and researchers alike.
26/11/2013
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The main purpose of Google Analytics is for tracking the traffic activity to and from your website, but how do you know which features you should be looking at and which ones are important to you?
28/08/2013
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Google also offers you a range of opportunities to report on and track the impact you and your research are having. This guide, written by Cheryl Brown and Siobhan Duvigneau, provides a number of simple ways to track and trace your research on the web.
23/10/2012
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The five competencies framework is an exercise enabling an organisation (or a group of organisations) to work out, in a simple and effective manner, what different elements have to learn, and what they have to share in the realm of organisational learning and knowledge management.
16/05/2012
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This guide is primarily for evaluators working in the international development sector. It is also useful for commissioner of evaluations, evaluation managers and M&E officers.The…
14/05/2012
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This guidance document developed by DFID aims to help DFID-funded programmes make the best use of the logical framework (logframe) in designing and managing projects,…
02/05/2012
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We came across this easy to follow outline of benchmarking provided by CTA’s Smart Toolkit. It begins with a useful outline of what benchmarking is:…
02/05/2012
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What is an ‘after action review’ (AAR)? An ‘after action review’ provides a means of reflecting on the ‘success’ of a task or project which…
01/05/2012
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The RAPID Outcome Assessment (ROA) is a learning methodology to assess and map the contribution of a project’s actions on a particular change in policy…
01/05/2012
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What are impact logs? All projects receive feedback of some sort. Whether it is formal, informal, or comments and anecdotes, all feedback can help to…
22/01/2012
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Materials from INASP a programme to help policy makers and influencers to find, evaluate and use information to inform policy making.
10/02/2011
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This paper provides an overview of approaches to monitoring and evaluating policy influence
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