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…
Impact Diaries: the Evernote way
13/04/2015
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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…
On collaboration among think tanks: moving from desire to reality
20/03/2015
Blog Posts
At the recent TTIX 2015, besides facilitating a session on written communications as a way to engage with policymakers, P&I was involved as facilitator of…
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
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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…
Community-Engaged Research: Presentation Slides
02/03/2015
Community engaged research (CEnR) is a framework or approach for conducting research and advocacy not a methodology in and of itself, and it is characterised…
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…
#TTIX2015- Learning but not in a straight line
24/02/2015
Blog Posts
I write this as I sit on the train, on my way home from an inspiring few days in snow-covered Istanbul. Providing the social reporting…
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…
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