India and Research to policy
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- How policy actors engage with information systems, and where knowledge intermediaries could best add value
- S.J. Batchelor / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
- This is a draft report to share some interim findings from the study – "Information Ecosystems of Policy Actors – reviewing the landscape." This report is for general circulation on the understanding that it is a work in p...
- An evaluation of India's national action plan on climate change
- Centre for Development Finance, 2012
- This report evaluates the design of India’s eight climate missions developed using the principles laid out in the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008. The report aims to provide policy makers, academics and res...
- Role of Policy and Institutions in Local Adaptation to Climate Change Case studies on responses to too much and too little water in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
- N. S. Pradhan / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, ICIMOD, 2012
- The research question that the study addresses is: How do political processes hinder or promote the adoption of sustainable and equitable adaptation strategies to water-related stress and hazards in the context of climate change in In...
- Review of low carbon growth studies and a framework for implementation for developing countries
- Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme [World Bank / UNDP], 2009
- This document is a review of the low carbon growth studies conducted in six emerging economies: Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa. These countries, with the help of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Progra...
- Paper exploring the possibility of standard practices to climate change policy
- S. A. Mason-Case; L. del Villar; D. Olawuyi; B. Mayer / International Development Law Organisation, 2011
- This paper highlights the challenges that governments face in implementing their international climate change policy commitments and the means to addressing these challenges. The authors note that international action on climate chang...
- A prediction of India's future water demand
- U., A. Amarasinghe; T. Shah; B., K. Anand; T. Hugh / International Water Management Institute, 2007
- This research report captures the trends of key drivers of India’s water demand in the recent past, and assess their implications on future water demand and ultimately on water resources. Water demand of irrigation, domestic and...
- Lessons for civil society groups and donors interested in undertaking applied budget work
- P. de Renzio; W. Krafchik / Overseas Development Institute, 2007
- This study examines the issues of budget accountability and budget policies. Within budget acountability it looks at budget groups’ impact on levels of budget transparency, public literacy and awareness of budget issues, an...
- What is the role for citizen participation in science and technology?
- I. Scoones; M. Leach; K. Cockburn / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
- This IDS Policy Briefing argues that public engagement in scientific debates and policy processes is necessary to address how research agendas are framed and the social purposes they serve, and to ensure that poorer people and communi...
- Is research in agriculture and health resulting in improvement in productivity and delivery in developing countries?
- K. Sen; G. Hoare / Department for International Development, UK, 2005
- This paper examines current knowledge about the rates of return to research in the areas of agriculture and health research. The paper focuses on studies by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Africa, China and...
- Community based monitoring systems in the Philippines
- C.M. Reyes / Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies Programme, 2005
- This paper provides an overview of Community Based Monitoring Systems (CBMS), and examines the different aspects of implementing a community based monitoring system, using a case study of CBMS implementation in the Philippines. ...
- Centre for Development Finance (CDF)
- The Centre for Development Finance focuses on improving the delivery of public goods that contribute to inclusive social and economic opportunity in India.
- Strategic Foresight Group
- Strategic Foresight Group seeks to undertake forward-looking research in geopolitical, economic, technological and societal changes. Their research examines future trends and discontinuities in spaces where geopolitics intersects with business, economy, society, religion and technology.
