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Fiona Blyth and Carmen Huckel

Jul 13, 20173 min read

A more interdisciplinary approach can help us understand why research evidence does or doesn’t make

Researchers keen to see their findings impact on policy and practice are often told that better communication is the magic key to opening...

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Promoting the use of evidence in parliaments

Agnes Titriku

Mar 9, 20174 min read

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...

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Think-tanking in environments with low value assigned to research

Clara Richards

Aug 16, 20164 min read

Think-tanking in environments with low value assigned to research

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Simonida Kacarska, Research Coordinator at the European Policy Institute, Macedonia. It is the...

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Choosing to innovate on your research agenda

Clara Richards

Jul 28, 20163 min read

Choosing to innovate on your research agenda

[Editor’s note: This post is the eighth of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...

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Clara Richards

Jul 19, 20164 min read

Methodological choices to inform policy

[Editor’s note: This post is the seventh of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...

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Understanding policy problems and their implications in your research decisions

Clara Richards

Jul 14, 20165 min read

Understanding policy problems and their implications in your research decisions

[Editor’s note: This post is the sixth of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...

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Drafting and validating your research agenda

Clara Richards

Jul 12, 20165 min read

Drafting and validating your research agenda

[Editor’s note: This post is the fifth of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...

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Why do we need to analyze our context to design a research agenda?

Clara Richards

Jul 7, 20164 min read

Why do we need to analyze our context to design a research agenda?

[Editor’s note: This post is the fourth of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...

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Individual and institutional research agendas: how are they different?

Clara Richards

Jul 5, 20164 min read

Individual and institutional research agendas: how are they different?

[Editor’s note: This post is the third of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...

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Framework to get knowledge into policy. Dimension #1: Macro-context: structural factors that draw cl

Clara Richards

Jun 28, 20166 min read

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...

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Clara Richards

Jun 22, 20165 min read

Crafting policy relevant research

[Editor’s note: This post is the introduction to a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share...

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Doing research in Bolivia Paraguay and Perú

Maria Balarin

May 12, 20165 min read

Doing research in Bolivia Paraguay and Perú

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Maria Balarin, Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)....

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Julie Brittain

Mar 30, 20163 min read

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...

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Research knowledge is crucial to national and global development

Clara Richards

Feb 3, 20162 min read

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...

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Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 2

Clara Richards

Oct 8, 20153 min read

Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 2

In May 2015, as part of INASP’s strategy development process, we engaged an independent consultant to conduct a phone/skype survey of 39...

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Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 1

Clara Richards

Oct 6, 20153 min read

Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 1

In May 2015, as part of INASP’s strategy development process, we engaged an independent consultant, Teresa Hanley, to conduct a...

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Is your funding model a good friend to your research?

Clara Richards

Aug 25, 20154 min read

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...

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Evidence-based policies: building what is really possible

Clara Richards

Jul 28, 20155 min read

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...

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Using knowledge to better design and evaluate policies: the General Directorate of Social Policy Ana

Clara Richards

Jul 23, 20152 min read

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...

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Our need to talk about power & knowledge in evaluation & policy cultures

Clara Richards

Jul 21, 20154 min read

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,...

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