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…
RAPID Outcome Assessment: A basic introduction
1 May 2012
Guides & Tutorials
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Monitoring and evaluation (15/16)
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 logs: A basic introduction
1 May 2012
Guides & Tutorials
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…
Measuring Success in Research Uptake – R4D Peer Exchange Meeting
1 March 2012
Audio & Video
One of the activities we are focusing on in this phase of the R4D project is to convene a series of peer exchange meetings to…
INASP: Information literacy for policy makers and influencers
22 January 2012
Guides & Tutorials
Materials from INASP a programme to help policy makers and influencers to find, evaluate and use information to inform policy making.
Learners, practitioners and teachers: Handbook on monitoring, evaluating and managing knowledge for policy influence
21 January 2012
Templates & Toolkits
The main purpose of this handbook is to facilitate the investment process of a public research institute (PRI) in developing a system of monitoring and…
Outcome Mapping: A Basic Introduction
20 January 2012
Key Resources
Outcome mapping (OM) is a methodology for planning and assessing projects that aim to bring about ‘real’ and tangible change. It has been developed with…
The Use of Research Evidence in Public Health Decision Making Processes: Systematic Review
22 December 2011
Papers & Reports
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.
Institutional Strategies for Capturing Socio-Economic Impact of Academic Research
23 October 2011
Papers & Reports
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.
Stimulating Demand for Research Evidence: What Role for Capacity-building?
23 October 2011
Papers & Reports
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…
Improving the flow of your information: Website usability testing
18 October 2011
Blog Posts
When developing online research resource portals, databases and community groups it is often difficult to assess how people will be using a platform as it…
Helping researchers become policy entrepreneurs: How to develop engagement strategies for evidence-based policy-making
14 August 2011
Papers & Reports
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.
Citations, Citations, Citations: Three ways to Track Research and Measure Impact
12 August 2011
Blog Posts
Measuring research’s impact is notoriously difficult as its effects on policy are hard to substantiate and partly due to the dominance of peer review as…
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