Using networks
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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 Open Access Archiving can bridge the scientific divide between North and South
- ( L. Chan;B. Kirsop;S. Arunachalam / SciDev.Net – the Science and Development Network , 2005)
- Scientific progress in developing and emerging countries is greatly hampered by their inability to afford essential journals. At the same time, research generated in these regions is 'missing' to the ...
How can multi-country agricultural projects and programmes in Africa be improved?
- ( J. Mukiibi;U. Mokwunye;A., M. Nyamu / Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa , 2008)
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African agriculture is characterised by a high degree of social, market and environmental diversity which calls for innovations that are adapted to specific contexts. However, there are opportuniti...
- Making networks work in international development and influencing policy
- ( E. Perkin; J. Court / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2005)
- When, why and how do networks function best for policy impact in international development? The objective of this paper is to review and synthesise existing literature in an effort to answer these que...
- Chronic poverty more than merely a lack of assets
- ( A. Bebbington / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2006)
- In a rapidly globalising and turbulent world, the persistence of chronic poverty is one thing humankind can count on. Social, political, environmental and economic conditions all play a role in the pe...
- Cost-effective meeting management in the humanitarian sector
- ( R. Walker / Network Learning , 2005)
- One of a series of documents on improving day-to-day activities of humanitarian workers, this paper explores the management of meetings and ways this can be improved to be more effective and time-savi...
- Goals, uses, and limitations of knowledge management and natural resource management in Africa
- ( A. van der Heijden; T. Pryor; L. Soeftestad / Community of Practice, Knowledge Management for International Development, KM4DEV , 2006)
- This article compares the experience of two knowledge management (KM) and natural resource management (NRM) networks in Africa, supported and facilitated by the Community-Based Natural Resource Manage...
- Lessons learned from 25-years of community forestry networking
- ( M. Colchester; T. Apte; M. Laforge; A. Mandondo; N. Pathak / Mekonginfo , 2003)
- This Synthesis Report compiles lessons learned on community forestry networks over the past 25. It examines advocacy effectiveness, communication techniques, network governance, relations with donors ...
- Evaluating international change social networks
- ( M. Nunez; R. Wilson-Grau / Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS , 2003)
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The paper provides several keys to effectively evaluating the impact of international social change networks.
The authors describe a network as an eminently political act, with its fundamental funct...
- Successful leadership contributes to reducing hunger
- ( C. Johnson-Welch; K. MacQuarrie; S. Bunch / International Center for Research on Women, USA , 2005)
- This paper reviews the aspects and outcomes of the Agriculture- Nutrition Advantage project implemented in Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, and the United States. The aim of the project was ...




