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Improving the use of knowledge in the Secretariat for Public Administration of the Prime (SGP) Minis
About a month ago, Politics & Ideas and INASP invited government agencies to participate in an opportunity to improve the use of...
Vanesa Weyrauch
Aug 2, 20173 min read
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Promoting the use of evidence in parliaments
Staff members from three parliaments (Ghana, Uganda and Zimbabwe) are participating in a Learning Exchange programme coordinated by the...
Agnes Titriku
Mar 9, 20174 min read
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Learning and reflecting on Evidence Informed Policy Making
Courtesy of Alan Levine, under CC at flickr.com After three years, 11 countries, 1, 164 people trained and 26 public engagement events...
Leandro Echt
Nov 17, 20164 min read
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Dialogue over dissemination: Unlocking the potential of knowledge exchange through creative collabor
As academics, much of our commonsensical understanding of knowledge exchange and impact activities rests upon the assumption that we need...
Clara Richards
Aug 11, 20165 min read
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Context Matters: a framework to support knowledge into policy
In 2016, Politics & Ideas published the study “Going beyond ‘Context matters’”, a framework to help government organizations improve...
Clara Richards
Aug 7, 20161 min read
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The power of reflection when building your research agenda
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Tanja Jakobi, Media analyst and researcher at CENTAR Public Policy Research Centre,...
Clara Richards
Aug 4, 20165 min read
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So, how do we start from context?
[Editor’s note: This post is part a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from Politics&Ideas to present the conceptual...
Clara Richards
Aug 2, 20162 min read
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Framework to get knowledge into policy. Dimension #1: Macro-context: structural factors that draw cl
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series focused on sharing findings from the conceptual framework developed under the study “Going...
Clara Richards
Jun 28, 20166 min read
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Openness is good but not simple
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Julie Brittain, who has recently become the Executive Director of the International Network for...
Julie Brittain
Mar 30, 20163 min read
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Research knowledge is crucial to national and global development
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Julie Brittain, who has recently become the Executive Director of the International Network for...
Clara Richards
Feb 3, 20162 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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Knowledge and policy-making: acknowledging each policymaker’s contribution to the decision-mak
By Waponi at flickr.com under CC It is interesting to reflect on the use of knowledge in the public sector or the different state...
Clara Richards
Aug 13, 20153 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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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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Our need to talk about power & knowledge in evaluation & policy cultures
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Paul R. Kelly, PhD Researcher in Impact, Evaluation & Service Design, Lancaster University,...
Clara Richards
Jul 21, 20154 min read
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Knowledge and policy-making: the importance of thinking about how to concretely manage knowledge and
Lesson 1: factors involved in the use of evidence in the public sector – knowledge management There are several factors that influence...
Clara Richards
Jul 14, 20154 min read
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Knowledge and policy making: the challenge to walk in other’s shoes
I am currently working as head of transparency and strengthening of information systems projects for the Management and Evaluation area...
Clara Richards
Jul 7, 20153 min read
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Policy makers sharing online spaces: an opportunity to learn and foster a culture of use of knowledg
[Editor’s note: This post originally appeared at Practising Development, managed by the International Network for the Availability of...
Vanesa Weyrauch
May 28, 20154 min read
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Are you interested in my research? Seeking for relevant players within the Legislative Branch
If we focus on the key players within the state structure, it is worth mentioning that most public policies are designed by the Executive...
Clara Richards
May 21, 20152 min read
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