- Information and knowledge management: challenges for capacity builders
- P. Ballantyne; R. Labelle; S. Rudgard / European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2000
- The paper explores ways to improve information capacity building activities in developing countries. Focusing on the capacity building process, it presents some principles and key questions for actors in this area. Capacity bui...
- Improving the quality of research proposals
- A. Macoun / Global Applied Research Network in Water Supply and Sanitation, 1999
- Guidelines on the preparation of better quality research proposals. Focuses on the water and sanitation sector, but of more general interest. Makes 4 key recommendations: guidelines should always be used as a gui...
- Problems and issues related to the funding of research [in the water and sanitation sector]
- T.D. Pike / Global Applied Research Network in Water Supply and Sanitation, 1999
- Looks at why the role of research is not properly understood, and that the amounts spent on applied research are not consistent with the large investments which are being made in the Water Supply and Sanitation sector in the developin...
- What are the challenges faced by development agencies in the twenty first century?: a preparatory paper
- K. King; S. McGrath / Centre of African Studies, Edinburgh, 2000
- This paper is the first in a series of working papers from the ESRC funded "Learning to make policy" project. This paper examines the broad conceptaul framework under which the project will develop. It argues that development cooperat...
- Development agencies are failing to address Southern knowledge deficiencies
- K. King / Centre of African Studies, Edinburgh, 2000
- In the last five years, there has been a flurry of activity in many of the multilateral and bilateral development agencies concerning knowledge and information management. This paper concludes the following about this activity:...
- Narrowing the research gap in science and techonology
- R. J. Engelhard; L. Box / United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 1998
- An analysis of North-South research networks in terms of their effectiveness and organisation. Case studies of networks indicate the need for particular institutional arrangements. [authors]
- A closer look at development agencies attitudes towards knowledge
- K. King; S. McGrath / Centre of African Studies, Edinburgh, 2000
- Development cooperation is experiencing major changes as a result of new policy foci, new development tools and the impact of globalisation and new technologies. This paper reflects an analysis of 85 interviews gathered over a relativ...
- Can transfers of knowledge facilitate human development?
- A. Mukherjee Reed / York University, Canada, 2000
- The idea that knowledge is critical for development is neither new nor controversial. However, the full implications of the role of knowledge in development cannot be assessed unless we clarify at least two sets of issues: ...
- How can researchers most effectively link with decision-makers?
- A. Scott / Global Development Network, 2000
- This review highlights the main issues in the relationship between research and decision-making. By analysing a range of studies from around the world, it sheds light on the conditions that allow researchers to contribute most effecti...
- How does JHPIEGO involve itself in policy-related work?
- JHPIEGO Consortium, 2001
- This report explores the various ways in which JHPIEGO has been involved in policy-related work. The report documents several specific contributions to policy, and provides a comprehensive picture of JHPIEGO's overall approach to poli...
- Knowledge for Development: Economic Science, Economic Policy and Economic Advice
- J. Stiglitz / Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank, 1998
- Focuses on the role of knowledge and information in development. Discusses the role played in development by knowledge, including technical advances like invention of the telegraph or the discovery of a vaccine for smallpox, an...
- Knowledge utilisation and the process of policy formation: towards a framework for Africa
- R.W. Porter / Support for Analysis and Research in Africa, USAID, 1998
- Reviews the published literature on the role of technical information in the making of public policy, examines more general models of the policy process, and outlines a framework for rethinking the relationship between policy research...
- Policy for Plenty: Measuring the Benefits of Policy-Oriented Social Science Research
- G.W. Norton; J. Alwang / International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998
- Suggests practical methods for assessing policy research programs, both ex post and ex ante. Measuring the benefits of policy research is difficult: the path of causation between research and policy change is nearly always uncertain; ...
- Adding value through policy-oriented research: reflections of a scholar-practitioner
- C.P. Timmer / International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998
- Any evaluation of the benefits of policy-oriented social science research faces fundamental difficulties. These include the uncertainty in determining a causal link between research and the outcome of a policy or the value of a policy...
- The Development Studies Sector in the United Kingdom: Challenges for the New Millennium
- M.S. Grindle; M.E. Hilderbrand / Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1999
- Strategic assessment of the structure, conduct, and performance of the development studies sector in the United Kingdom. It considers challenges that the sector faces in the years ahead, in light of the need for development studies in...
- How can North-South networks sucessfully generate new knowledge?
- L.D. Brown / Institute for Development Research, Boston, 1998
- Focuses on social learning as a process that creates new perspectives and behaviors at the social system level. Looks at how to turn potential organizational discord into a beneficial process of social learning, and explores how diffe...
- Approaches to impact evaluation (assessment) in agricultural information management: a selective review of the issues, the relevant literature and some illustrative case studies
- M. Bellamy / Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, 2000
- This selective review seeks to engender wider knowledge, acceptance and application of evaluation in the field of agricultural information management by showing how it has been approached in other disciplines, in agricultural research...
- Dissemination pathways and indicators of impact on development: a review of literature
- Water Engineering and Development Centre, 2000
- A review of the literature on the different dissemination pathways and dissemination impact indicators from both development-related and other disciplines. Argues that for dissemination to be interactive, efforts should be made...
- Latest gender research fails to influence Bank's particiaptory poverty assessments
- A. Whitehead; M. Lockwood / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 1999
- Looks at six Poverty Asssesments (PAs) conducted by World Bank teams and the way in which gender issues are treated in them (in Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda). This paper trys to identify the analytical frameworks behind these re...
- A Social Network Approach to Analyzing Research Systems: A Study of Kenya, Ghana, and Kerala, India
- W. Shrum / International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1997
- Describes a social network approach to analyzing science and technology systems, taking into account the primary sectors involved in agriculture and natural resource management. It outlines a methodology for producing an inventory of ...
- Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP)
- The Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) is a global network of researchers and development experts that identifies and addresses major knowledge gaps in green growth theory and practice. Through widespread consultation and research, GGKP provides practitioners and policymakers with better tools to foster economic growth and implement sustainable development. GGKP embodies a core part...
- National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
- The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility is a research community in a national interdisciplinary effort to generate the information needed by decision-makers in government and in vulnerable sectors and communities to manage the risks of climate change impacts. It was established by the Australian Government in 2008 to harness and coordinate the capabilities of Australia’s res...
- Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
- The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change is a non-profit research institution established in 2005, with the financial support of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. CMCC manages and promotes scientific and applied activities in the field of international climate change research. The Center has been fully operative since 2006. CMCC collaborates with experie...
- BetterEvaluation
- BetterEvaluation is an international collaboration to improve evaluation practice and theory by sharing information about options (methods or tools) and approaches. It offers online tools and materials organised into tasks: Approaches, Themes and Resources.
- Regional Emergency Cluster Advisor Project (RECA)
- The RECA project is an inter-agency initiative designed to enhance WASH preparedness and response capacity around the world. The project provides direct support in a number of countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides dedicated technical and human resources to WASH coordination platforms and stakeholders, through its six Regional Emergency Clu...
- Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
- A non-profit, independent research, policy and outreach organisation working towards achieving sustainable development in the Amazon region
- Integrated Development Society
- Integrated Development Society (IDS) Nepal is a non-for-profit, non-government development organisation working in the field of sustainable development, policy research and knowledge mobilisation.
- International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC)
- Chinese platform for knowledge sharing, information exchange and international collaboration in the areas of poverty reduction and development.
- Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP)
- Founded in 2001, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP) of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) is a public institution with independent legal status. CAEP provides technical support and services such as environmental planning, environmental policy and consultation on environmental project selection management for the Chinese government and corporations.
- Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch (CCS)
- The Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) at Stellenbosch University is the leading African research institution for innovative and policy relevant analysis of the relations between China and Africa.
