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Geographic Information System (GIS): a useful tool for analysing data in policy making decision
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Pareexit Chauhan, GIS Analyst, and Dr. Gaurav Kapoor, Senior Research Scientist at the Center...
Clara Richards
Dec 9, 20154 min read
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Re think your funding model: challenge the assumption and move away from the comfort zone
Starting from September I had the opportunity of participating in the “Online Course: Re Thinking Funding Models” delivered by the...
Vanesa Weyrauch
Dec 2, 20153 min read
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What concerns think-tankers about their funding models?
As we close a new edition of the online course “Re-thinking your funding model”, we thought it would be interested to do a brief summary...
Clara Richards
Nov 12, 20153 min read
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Sustainability of funding models: what can it really mean?
Most of the think tanks that take our online course on “Re-thinking your funding model” indicate that enhancing their sustainability is...
Clara Richards
Nov 2, 20154 min read
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Experiences from government institutions: how can we deal better with context?
In a recent post we shared that we are currently conducting with INASP a study called “Going beyond context matters”, which has two main...
Clara Richards
Oct 16, 20153 min read
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Policymakers: unravelling a heterogeneous world
[Editor’s Note: This post was written by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt, from Politics & Ideas, and it was originally published at...
Clara Richards
Sep 16, 20156 min read
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Is your funding model a good friend to your research?
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series that looks into think tank funding models. It is based on a course that Politics & Ideas...
Clara Richards
Aug 25, 20154 min read
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The Dollars and Sense of Ethical Practices in Think Tanks
[Editor’s Note: This post was written by Ruth Levine, Program Director, Global Development and Population Program, William and Flora...
Clara Richards
Aug 20, 20154 min read
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Using knowledge to better design and evaluate policies: the General Directorate of Social Policy Ana
In 2015, P&I published the case study The design of the General Directorate of Social Policy Analysis and Evaluation of the Honduran...
Clara Richards
Aug 7, 20151 min read
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Knowledge and policy making: time to strengthen internal systems and articulation with different sta
The Peruvian Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion coordinates efforts for the prioritization of public policies that benefit...
Clara Richards
Aug 6, 20153 min read
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Strategising Research Communication at CSTEP: developing a communications strategy
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Arushi Sen, Senior Communication Officer, and Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander, Head of Communication...
Clara Richards
Jul 30, 20155 min read
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Evidence-based policies: building what is really possible
A change that is becoming a reality during the first years of the 21st Century is the mass use information and communication technology...
Clara Richards
Jul 28, 20155 min read
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Using knowledge to better design and evaluate policies: the General Directorate of Social Policy Ana
Several and different efforts are being conducted around the globe to promote the use of research in policy. P&I is permanently thinking...
Clara Richards
Jul 23, 20152 min read
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Going beyond “Context matters”
By Dave Winer under CC at flickr.com [Editor’s note: This post is part a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from...
Vanesa Weyrauch
Jul 16, 20154 min read
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Building a think tank’s research agenda: an insight into CSTEP’s experience
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander, Head of the Communication and Policy Engagement Team at the Center...
Clara Richards
Jul 9, 20154 min read
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Independent Analysis and Ethics: The case of the “Uncomfortable Truth”
[Editor’s Note: This post was originally published at Research to Action. During a session on the role of ethics at the Think Tank...
Clara Richards
Jun 9, 20156 min read
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An active and sustainable organization to promote development
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Elena Polo, Research Analyst at AGENDA Institute, Albania. It is part of a series of...
Clara Richards
May 26, 20153 min read
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The Fundraising Cycle: building from an opportunity to a long-term relationship
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series that looks into think tank funding models. It is based on a course that Politics & Ideas...
Clara Richards
Apr 16, 20153 min read
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The role of evidence in policy making: using internal information, the State as a generator of evide
By Tontographer en flickr.com under CC license [Editor’s note: This post is part of a series produced by Leandro Echt and Vanesa Weyrauch...
Clara Richards
Mar 24, 20154 min read
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How to use research to improve health programs and services? Lessons from applying a self-assessment
I work for a small private non for profit health research center dedicated to Health Policy and Systems Research-HPSR-, a specific field...
Clara Richards
Feb 10, 20153 min read
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