- Global Networking for Change: Experiences from the APC Women's Programme
- Women's Networking Support Programme, APC, 1999
- Survey about the work of the APC Women's Program and its consequences to which 147 responses from 36 countries responded. Questions were derived from these general themes:What progress had been made in women's global electronic networking? ...
- Telecenters: Education and Community Networking Using Information and Communication Technologies
- P. Hunt / Educational Resources Information Center, 1998
- Provides information resources on telecenters for community educators, K-12 students, college and university students, parents, researchers, librarians, policy makers, and the general public. Its purpose is to provide an introduction ...
- Farmers' most pressing information requirement: technical details of farming
- D. Rees; M. Momanyi; J. Wekundah; F. Ndungu; J. Odondi; A.O. Oyure; D. Andima; M. Kamau; J. Ndubi; F. Musembi; L. Mwaura; R. Joldersma / Agricultural Research and Extension Network, 2000
- This paper reports on a study of agricultural knowledge and information systems (AKIS), designed to document and assess the significance of different actors and organisations as potential uptake/dissemination pathways for agricultural...
- Benchmarking Knowledge-based Economies: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 1999
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999
- Examines the knowledge-based economy, the challenge of globalisation, and economic performance and competitiveness of OECD countries under twelve main headings. It allows Member countries to compare their performance to that of other ...
- Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Governance Programming
- M. Schacter / Institute on Governance, 1999
- Review of experience of projects aimed at developing governance and policy-forming capacity in Africa (particularly World Bank experience). Finds that governance failures in SSA are often attributable in whole or in part to: ...
- 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...
- Communications and development: a practical guide
- A. Burke / Department for International Development, UK, 1999
- Practical guide to use of communications media in development programmes (written with DFID programmes in mind). Issues covered are Why communication is important Guide to implement development communication p...
- Prospects for participatory policy making
- J. Keeley; I. Scoones / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000
- This paper asks why policy processes in Zimbabwe have consistently reinforced a highly technocratic approach to natural resources management, while excluding alternative perspectives and framings of problems for policy. Politic...
- Lighting the Way: Knowledge Assessment in Prince Edward Island
- National Academies Press, 1999
- Knowledge Assessment is a methodology to evaluate a community's ability to acquire, diffuse, and utilize knowledge created by the USA National Research Council at the request of the World Bank. It was conceived to assist developing co...
- The Economist style guide
- The Economist, 2001
- Guide to techniques for writing clearly and precisely in a business/news context
- Africa reviews African eduction programmes
- Association for the Development of Education in Africa, 1999
- Review of 25 countries to identify solutions, policies, approaches and practices that can be applied to constraints facing education in Africa. Identifies a number of trends and lessons: Programmes were more succ...
- Making a Difference to Policies and Programs: a guide for researchers
- R.W. Porter; S. Prysor-Jones / Support for Analysis and Research in Africa, USAID, 1997
- Short guide for researchers who aim to have an impact on policy and program decisions. It is intended for researchers attached to government services and researchers located in academic institutions, as well as researchers working as ...
- Guidelines for Research in Partnership with Developing Countries
- Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries, 1998
- Sets out 11 principles for research cooperation. Includes a series of case studies
- How non-research investments affect research impact: the case of maize technology adoption in southern Mali
- D. Boughton; B. H. de Frahan / Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1996
- Addresses two key questions: (1) what is the profitability, or rate of return (ROR), to investments in maize research and diffusion at the farm and national levels; and (2) what factors have encouraged and constrained the impact of ma...
- 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.
