5 toolkits addressing different aspects and tools on research communication for policy influence
Research Communication for Policy Influence: Key Toolkits
21/04/2015
Templates & Toolkits
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Monitoring and evaluation (14/23)
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.
Impact Diaries: the Evernote way
13/04/2015
Blog Posts
A few years ago, I’d freely admit that writing up evaluation reports of advocacy projects was the least favourite part of my job. It wasn’t…
A systematic review of barriers to, and facilitators of, the use of evidence by policymakers
31/03/2015
Papers & Reports
A systematic review to identify new barriers of and facilitators to the use of evidence by policymakers, and assess the state of research in this area.
K4Health Research Utilization Toolkit: Top 8 Resources
20/03/2015
Blog Posts
Trinity Zan is a member of FHI 360’s Research Utilization (RU) team. She has put together a useful list of ‘top’ resources taken from the…
Independent Analysis and Ethics: The case of the “Uncomfortable Truth”
19/03/2015
During a session on the role of ethics at the Exchange, Margarita Beneke De Sanfeliu, from FUSADES, discussed how the think tank retains reputational integrity…
Elections Peru: Focusing the electoral debate
09/03/2015
Audio & Video
The Peruvian Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social (CIES) (Economic and Social Research Consortium) is a Peruvian umbrella organisation with 48 institutional members, including think tanks,…
The Dollars and Sense of Ethical Practices in Think Tanks
05/03/2015
Blog Posts
There are many ways to think about ethical practices in think tanks, but whether the thoughts turn into actions depends on whether the organization has…
Dear Think Tanks, No One is Reading Your PDFs
27/02/2015
Blog Posts
“What if someone had already figured out the answers to the world’s most pressing policy problems, but those solutions were buried deep in a PDF,…
We know context matters…but how?
25/02/2015
Blog Posts
The relatively young field of social accountability (SAc) has boomed in recent years. Conferences have proliferated, research has expanded, and important global actors like the…
Designing social accountability differently
24/02/2015
Blog Posts
There is a dirty little secret in transparency and accountability circles: Some percentage of social accountability interventions fail. We don’t know what that percentage is…
Another Postcard from Istanbul
20/02/2015
Blog Posts
This post was originally published on the Think Tank Review Richard Darlington from WonkComms has been busy penning postcards to the Think Tank Review this week. In the second instalment, Richard…
Voices from TTIX2015
20/02/2015
Audio & Video
Over the last few days we have been recording short interviews from key individuals throughout the exchange. The films capture key issues and opinions on…
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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