The Evidence-based Policy in Development Network (ebpdn) was a 7-year DFID-funded programme that aimed to establish a worldwide community of practice for think tanks, policy…
EBPDN: Refreshing recommended resources
31/10/2019
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Posts Tagged 'evidence-informed policy making'
The Nobel and poverty alleviation: ‘A slow deliberative process of discovery – no miracle cure’
21/10/2019
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“A slow deliberative process of discovery – no miracle cure” Esther Duflo – winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Science in Memory of…
Building momentum to advance citizen evidence in policymaking
03/09/2019
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Interview with Diakalia Sanogo from IDRC. Discourse on the promotion of evidence in policy processes has traditionally been around the use of data and scientific…
Bringing researchers and knowledge brokers together for greater impact
29/05/2019
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It’s one of the most common pieces of advice given to academic researchers who hope to use their findings to influence international development policy: build…
Let’s talk about communications!
12/05/2019
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Impressions from the EADI Research Communications Workshop It is no secret that in times of digitalisation and information overload, communicating research plays an increasingly important…
From community-based livestock services to equitable knowledge ecosystems
13/12/2018
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New INASP Executive Director John Young shares how his journey from delivering livestock services to promoting the use of appropriate evidence in policy has demonstrated…
Sowing seeds for knowledge translation among new global health ‘change agents’
10/12/2018
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The Emerging Voices programme is an initiative of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, and it aims to empower health researchers from the Global…
Think Tanks at the crossroads of evidence: What next?
12/11/2018
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This week’s Think Tank Initiative Exchange (#TTIX2018), taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, will build on a decade of TTI lessons, experiences and insights on the…
Four critical organisational features that impact policy and practice
24/10/2018
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Research organisations are changing the make-up of their teams in order to increase the likelihood of their research having an impact on policy and practice….
People matter, not papers: Watching policymakers acquire knowledge in Indonesia
17/09/2018
Funders support (non-governmental) think tanks, assuming they will influence government policy by (amongst other things) producing and sharing short, punchy written outputs like policy briefs…
Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy
10/08/2018
Some of the top science policymakers in the UK have teamed up to urge that we ‘Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are…
How I learnt to make my voice count at the UN climate negotiations
06/08/2018
A junior climate negotiator from Laos explains how a recent training workshop gave her the tools to navigate the complex UN climate talks and the…
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