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- How research brokers and intermediaries support evidence-based pro-poor policy and practice
- ( Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa , 2010)
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The 'Locating the Power of In-between conference' in Pretoria, South Africa in July 2008 shone a spotlight on the role research brokers and intermediaries play in evidence-based pro-poor policy and...
- How do researchers in the life sciences use information and how can this be improved?
- ( Research Information Network , 2009)
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This report by the RIN and the British Library provides an insight into how information is used by researchers across life sciences. It describes research which sought to capture the day-to-day pat...
Open licenses promise significant value for funders, grantees and for the public good
- ( P. Malone / Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University , 2009)
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This document examines the extent to which charitable foundations are aware of and have begun to use open licenses such as Creative Commons or the GPL. It highlights examples where found...
- Research-policy linkages in Ghana's rice tariff reforms
- ( A. deGrassi / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2007)
- Agricultural trade policies, in particular import tariffs to protect domestic production, constitute a highly contested field of agricultural policy. In view of the recent focus on “evidence-bas...
- Informing the development of a future research programme on energy planning in developing countries
- ( Research4Development , 2007)
- This report presents the findings of a research scoping study undertaken for DFID, with the overall objective of informing the development of a future research programme on energy planning in developi...
- Key lessons for up-scaling and out-scaling of DFID research
- ( W. Richards (ed) / Department for International Development, UK , 2008)
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This report consists of a series of short syntheses which bring together key lessons for up-scaling and out-scaling research based on 19 key reviews, summaries and reports detailing DFID natural re...
- Why are local people often resistant to conservation efforts?
- ( G. Holmes / Conservation and Society , 2007)
- This paper presents a framework to understand how conservation is resisted, particularly in protected areas and national parks. Informed largely by James Scott’s concept of ‘everyday ...
- What role do different knowledge systems play in natural resource management in Nepal?
- ( H., R. Ojha (ed);R., B. Chhetri (ed);N., P. Timsina (ed);K., P. Paudel (ed) / International Development Research Centre , 2007)
- The focus of the publication is to analyse and understand how different groups of social agents engage in the diverse knowledge systems operating in the natural resource sector in Nepal. It examines h...
- Making linkages between researchers and policy makers in the Making Markets Work programme
- ( A. Duncan; A. Barnett / Making markets work better for the poor , 2005)
- This paper explores ways in which those who are involved in Making Markets Work (MMW) programmes can be effective at influencing policy and practice, whether of government, development agencies, priva...
- Literature review of Poverty Reduction Strategies monitoring systems
- ( H. Lucas; D. Evans; K. Pasteur; R. Lloyd / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2004)
- This report reviews recent literature on the monitoring of Poverty Reduction Strategies. It discusses four challenging issues: institutional arrangements; the role of non-government organisations; i...
