[Editor’s note: This post stems from a rich conversation about how research can have an impact with Roger Harris while sharing our...

[Editor’s note: This post is written by Adolfo Garcé from the Institute of Political Science in the Universidad de la República –...

The call for research to move towards policy and to bridge the gap between them has been around for quite some time now. Many efforts...

Researchers are not separate from politics. The separation between research and policy -and politics- is useful for researchers and their...

In 2013, P&I published the paper Political-Knowledge Regimes. Developing a new concept from the study of three changes in public policy...

In 2013, P&I published the paper Defining problems or providing solutions? The role of ideas in policy debates, by Andrea Ordoñez. A...

Policy must be based on evidence. That is the cornerstone of development and poverty studies, and a discourse adopted by almost all think...

Theory of Change has become a buzzword across the development industry. It is a new tool in the toolbox that consultants use for...

Courtesy of thawats at www.freedigitalphoto.net This post was written by Nilakshi De Silva, Senior Research Professional at the Centre...

However different policy processes might be around the world, including evidence in them seems generally desirable. The question is...

According to the General Census of 2000 and the Population Count of 2005, a third of Mexico’s population has not completed primary...

To what extent do academics and policymakers interact with each other and what is the byproduct of this interaction has always been a...

An important question for researchers to ask themselves is what factors affect how evidence is used in policy debates – in other words,...

Engaging youth in research is considered a useful source of knowledge on development challenges since they usually provide fresh...

Finnish schools are among the best in the world, but did not know, and apparently did not want to know it. Ironically, Finns found out...

Many developing countries are politically polarized. This is certainly the case in Latin America. Many of these countries are about to...