Case studies
- Why some research - policy ideas are picked up and acted on, while others are ignored and disappear?
- J. Court; J. Young / Research and Policy in Development, ODI, 2003
- This paper reports on the collection and analysis of 50 summary case studies on research-policy linkages. It examines the process, findings and implications of the case studies work. A few of the cases describe situations where...
- How European and North American governments manage research to improve service delivery and policy development
- National Audit Office, UK, 2003
- This paper reports on efforts by government departments (with the support of the Office of Science and Technology) to modernising the way they procure research. The Head of the National Audit Office reported to Parliament on the 16th ...
- Communications for HIV are too donor led, and lessons have not been learned
- T. Scalway / Panos AIDS Programme, 2002
- This paper from the Panos AIDS Programme examines the response to HIV/AIDS in the context of lessons learned since its identification. It argues that the history of the AIDS pandemic provides clear guidelines for future action, and pr...
- Experience of NGO campaiging for clean air in India
- S. Pandita / Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
- The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a non-profit voluntary organisation, based in Delhi and working on issues related to environment. CSE has been actively been involved in issues related to environment and has taken a lea...
- Participatory communication case studies
- G.A. Dragon / Rockefeller Foundation, 2001
- This paper looks at experiences of participatory communication for social change in the context of community or village development. These participatory communication initiatives, drawn from Latin America, Africa and Asia, are include...
- How do the urban poor obtain information and develop knowledge?
- T. Schilderman / Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2002
- Poor men and women living in urban informal settlements do need knowledge and information to cope with risks and improve their livelihoods, but they sometimes find it hard to access. How do the urban poor obtain information and develo...
- Problems in setting up the first trial of an HIV-1 vaccine in Uganda: recommendations on research methods
- R.D. Mugerwa / British Medical Journal, 2002
- The first trial of a candidate HIV-1 vaccine in Africa was completed in Uganda in 2001. It involved a randomised, placebo controlled trial of a vaccine in healthy volunteers at low risk of HIV infection. The vaccine, called "ALVAC-HIV...
- Evaluation of Dutch research capacity-building programmes
- M.C.R. Banzon Bautista; L. Velho; D. Kaplan / Demanding Innovation: articulating policies for demand-led research and research capacity building i, 2001
- This paper examines Multi-annual, Multidisciplinary Research Programmes (MMRPs) instigated by the Netherlands in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The MMRPs were developed in response to a perceived need for a shift in the key responsib...
- Networking with partners
- W. Zehender / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2000
- Reports on GTZ's experience with a more systems and process-oriented approach to project implementation. This approach necessitates cooperation with/between a variety of partner institutions (governmental, private- and public-sector i...
- 'Unlearning' conventional wisdoms to remove paradigm blockages
- N. Uphoff; J. Combs / Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development, 2001
- How often has evidence that supported a new explanation been ignored or rejected when it did not conform to the accepted way of thinking about a particular problem? The authors describe this situation as a "paradigm blockage". This pa...
- Why some research - policy ideas are picked up and acted on, while others are ignored and disappear?
- J. Court; J. Young / Research and Policy in Development, ODI, 2003
- This paper reports on the collection and analysis of 50 summary case studies on research-policy linkages. It examines the process, findings and implications of the case studies work. A few of the cases describe situations where...
- How European and North American governments manage research to improve service delivery and policy development
- National Audit Office, UK, 2003
- This paper reports on efforts by government departments (with the support of the Office of Science and Technology) to modernising the way they procure research. The Head of the National Audit Office reported to Parliament on the 16th ...
- Communications for HIV are too donor led, and lessons have not been learned
- T. Scalway / Panos AIDS Programme, 2002
- This paper from the Panos AIDS Programme examines the response to HIV/AIDS in the context of lessons learned since its identification. It argues that the history of the AIDS pandemic provides clear guidelines for future action, and pr...
- Experience of NGO campaiging for clean air in India
- S. Pandita / Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
- The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a non-profit voluntary organisation, based in Delhi and working on issues related to environment. CSE has been actively been involved in issues related to environment and has taken a lea...
- Participatory communication case studies
- G.A. Dragon / Rockefeller Foundation, 2001
- This paper looks at experiences of participatory communication for social change in the context of community or village development. These participatory communication initiatives, drawn from Latin America, Africa and Asia, are include...
- How do the urban poor obtain information and develop knowledge?
- T. Schilderman / Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2002
- Poor men and women living in urban informal settlements do need knowledge and information to cope with risks and improve their livelihoods, but they sometimes find it hard to access. How do the urban poor obtain information and develo...
- Problems in setting up the first trial of an HIV-1 vaccine in Uganda: recommendations on research methods
- R.D. Mugerwa / British Medical Journal, 2002
- The first trial of a candidate HIV-1 vaccine in Africa was completed in Uganda in 2001. It involved a randomised, placebo controlled trial of a vaccine in healthy volunteers at low risk of HIV infection. The vaccine, called "ALVAC-HIV...
- Evaluation of Dutch research capacity-building programmes
- M.C.R. Banzon Bautista; L. Velho; D. Kaplan / Demanding Innovation: articulating policies for demand-led research and research capacity building i, 2001
- This paper examines Multi-annual, Multidisciplinary Research Programmes (MMRPs) instigated by the Netherlands in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The MMRPs were developed in response to a perceived need for a shift in the key responsib...
- Networking with partners
- W. Zehender / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2000
- Reports on GTZ's experience with a more systems and process-oriented approach to project implementation. This approach necessitates cooperation with/between a variety of partner institutions (governmental, private- and public-sector i...
- 'Unlearning' conventional wisdoms to remove paradigm blockages
- N. Uphoff; J. Combs / Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development, 2001
- How often has evidence that supported a new explanation been ignored or rejected when it did not conform to the accepted way of thinking about a particular problem? The authors describe this situation as a "paradigm blockage". This pa...
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