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Clara Richards
Mar 17, 20153 min read
On collaboration among think tanks: moving from desire to reality
By Venessa Miemis at flickr.com under CC At the recent TTIX 2015, besides facilitating a session on written communications as a way to...
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Clara Richards
Mar 12, 20154 min read
The role of evidence in policy making: “The demand for empirical evidence depends largely on decisio
What factors hinder the evaluation process, from the generation of information to its effective use in the public policy process? The...
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Clara Richards
Mar 9, 20154 min read
The role of evidence in policy making: “We seek to send the message that data is relevant” (part 1)
What is the role that evidence generated by research may have on the policy process based on your experience? In Uruguay the reality is...
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Clara Richards
Mar 3, 20156 min read
Stocktaking on Research Quality at the Think Tank Initiative Exchange
When I found out that TTIX would focus on research quality, I was quite excited (maybe you have seen my previous posts that focus on...
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Clara Richards
Feb 16, 20152 min read
Sharing data: a first step using infographics
[Editor’s Note: This post was originally published by Maria Urbina-Fauser, Programme Officer at the Think Tank Initiative IDRC...
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Clara Richards
Feb 10, 20153 min read
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...
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Clara Richards
Feb 5, 20154 min read
Online Training: a perspective from India
Introduction The impact of global economy brought about a drastic change after e-learning came into focus in India. Earlier people,...
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Clara Richards
Feb 3, 20154 min read
Training opportunity in Latin America: online course “Leaders of change: developing Latin Amer
[Editor’s note: this post announces the call for applications for an online course targeted to policymakers in Latin America on the use...
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Clara Richards
Jan 27, 20152 min read
The role of evidence in public policies: informing means or ends?
In ‘The Well-informed. Citizen: An Essay on the Social Distribution of Knowledge’, Alfred Schutz (1974) states: “… expect from the...
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Clara Richards
Jan 19, 20153 min read
Investing your funds…acknowledging your priorities
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series that will look at think tank funding models. It is based on an online course that had been...
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Clara Richards
Jan 15, 20154 min read
Is there room for evidence? Factors affecting the use of information in policy making (part 2)
In the first part of this post, we concentrated in two groups of factors that influence the use of evidence in policy making. On the one...
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Clara Richards
Jan 13, 20153 min read
Is there room for evidence? Factors affecting the use of information in policy making (part 1)
Incorporating evidence into decision making processes is not a linear task. On the one hand, evidence coexists with other various...
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Clara Richards
Dec 19, 20146 min read
Producing meaningful knowledge: The missing piece in the influence agenda
As you may have noticed, my last blogs have been devoted to the work of researchers who want to impact policy or social change more...
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Clara Richards
Dec 16, 20144 min read
The Fundraising Function : how do you organise it and why?
Courtesy of anankkml at www.freedigitalphotos.net [Editor’s note: This post is part of a series that will look at think tank funding...
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Clara Richards
Dec 11, 20143 min read
Conceptual Framework No. 5: Models of Operation Research
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the...
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Clara Richards
Dec 9, 20142 min read
Knowledge brokering to enhance the impact of academic research on public policy
Canadian academic research in all disciplines is among the best in the world but Canada is not extracting full social and economic value...
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Leandro Echt
Dec 4, 20144 min read
The role of evidence in policy making: “The ideal adviser should meet three skills: analytical-conce
[Editor’s Note: This interview is part of a wider series of talks with current and former officials, politicians and researchers from...
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Clara Richards
Dec 2, 20142 min read
Conceptual Framework No. 4: Working Hypothesis
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the...
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Leandro Echt
Nov 27, 20147 min read
The role of evidence in policy making: “Within politics we will never have perfect information”
http://www.leonardogarnier.com/ [Editor’s Note: Leonardo Garnier has been Minister of Education of Costa Rica for two consecutive terms...
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Leandro Echt
Nov 25, 20143 min read
How to analyze the results of policy influencing: lessons from a new method under construction
For some time, the Latin American Center for Rural Development (Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural, RIMISP) has been...
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