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…
Measuring Success in Research Uptake – R4D Peer Exchange Meeting
01/03/2012
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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.
01/03/2012
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…
22/01/2012
Guides & Tutorials
Materials from INASP a programme to help policy makers and influencers to find, evaluate and use information to inform policy making.
21/01/2012
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…
20/01/2012
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…
22/12/2011
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.
23/10/2011
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.
23/10/2011
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…
18/10/2011
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…
14/08/2011
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.
12/08/2011
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…
13/06/2011
Blog Posts
As mentioned in the post KM Impact Challenge: Some examples for research communications, InsightShare and IIED worked together recently in an action research project called…
25/03/2011
Papers & Reports
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the importance of synergy between researchers and decision-makers in Africa and how this can contribute to development.
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