Sun, 27 May 2012 01:05:46 One of the Eldis RSS newsfeeds on major development issues Influencing policy http://www.eldis.org Copyright ©2012 Eldis, Sussex p.ferguson@ids.ac.uk en-uk Eldis Logo http://www.eldis.org 85 http://www.eldis.org/images/logo/eldisRSS.gif Logo for www.eldis.org 34 60 “Minority Islam ” in Muslim Majority Bangladesh: The Violent Road to a New Brand of Secularism More than 85% of Bangladesh ' s 150 million people are Muslims. Bangladesh earns its title as “ the third largest Muslim country of the world ” following ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61487 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61487 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:35 GMT The role of intermediaries in advancing public policy objectives Internet intermediaries, here defined as, Internet service providers (ISPs), hosting providers, search engines, ecommerce intermediaries, Internet payment ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61401 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61401 Thu, 17 May 2012 09:06:32 GMT Linking research to policy: The African Development Bank as a knowledge broker B. Jones Since 2006, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been positioning itself as a regional Bank for knowledge and ideas on African development. For the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61400 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61400 Thu, 17 May 2012 09:06:24 GMT Working paper identifying and promoting best practice in national low carbon growth plans This working paper summarises output from Project Catalyst, an initiative of the ClimateWorks Foundation, aimed at providing analytical support for the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61034 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61034 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:39 GMT Stakeholder participation in agricultural research projects: a conceptual framework for reflection and decision-making A. Neef Recent discourse in the field of participatory agricultural research has focused on how to blend various forms and intensities of stakeholder participation ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61314 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61314 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:06:26 GMT Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? K. Antelman Although many authors believe that their work has a greater research impact if it is freely available, studies to demonstrate that impact are few. This ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61307 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61307 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:07:18 GMT Using web 2.0 tools to help policy making Guide designed to help researchers identify the right Web 2.0 tools for establishing links with policy makers, for building their online presence and ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61080 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61080 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:36:16 GMT Reading University's African engagement brochure As a global university, Reading wishes to educate the most talented and deserving students in the world, work with the most outstanding academics and ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60979 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60979 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:49:11 GMT Children and Disasters: Understanding Impact and Enabling Agency From a child rights perspective, disaster impacts affect not only a child's basic right to survival and development, but cut across their right to participate ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60908 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60908 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:07:26 GMT Enhancing the climate risk and adaptation fact base for the Caribbean ... preliminary results of the ECA study The impacts of climate change in the form of phenomena such as sea level rise and intensified natural disasters weigh heavily on the developing economies ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60859 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60859 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:05:32 GMT Liliendaal declaration on climate change and development The Liliendaal declaration by the Caribbean community asserts the objectives of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto protocol. It places the onus of mitigation efforts ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60855 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60855 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:05:01 GMT Caribbean risk management guidelines for climate change adaptation decision making The purpose of this manual is to provide a risk management framework to guide the decision-making process related to the identification and implementation ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60813 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60813 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:05:26 GMT Review of health effects of climate variability and climate change in the Caribbean M. Taylor One of the areas in which climate change is strongly anticipated to have a potential impact in the coming years is the spread of communicable and vector-borne ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60797 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60797 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:04:38 GMT The changing tides of small island states discourse - A historical overview of the appearance of small island states in the international arena J Grote This analysis discusses the recent developments in small island state discourse and how it has been intimately linked to the broader ebbs and flows of ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60793 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60793 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:04:08 GMT Vulnerability and capacity assessment southern Clarendon pilot project Jamaica As sea levels worldwide continue to rise small island states such as Jamaica will increasing face challenges from this phenomena. Perhaps most pressing ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60779 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60779 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:06:16 GMT Vulnerability and capacity assessment methodology: a guidance manual for the conduct and mainstreaming of climate change vulnerability and capacity assessments in the Caribbean R. Pulwarty As the effects of climate change begin to be felt, one of the keys to developing an effective national adaptation strategy is to first conduct a vulnerability ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60769 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60769 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:04:03 GMT The Caribbean and climate change: the costs of inaction R. Bueno This report offers a preliminary examination of the potential financial costs to the island nations of the Caribbean if greenhouse gas emissions continue ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60755 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60755 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:07:13 GMT Small islands N. Mimura Small Island States (SIDS) have long been noted to be among those countries least responsible for climate change yet most at risk from the impacts thereof. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60746 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60746 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:04:53 GMT Climate issues for the Cayman Islands: towards a climate change policy This report is the most comprehensive reference document to date on the potential implications of climate change for the Cayman Islands' socio-economic, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60703 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60703 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:05:49 GMT Draft climate change policy of the Turks and Caicos Islands This draft climate change policy is part of an ongoing consultative process designed to identify gaps, priorities and options for further actions as it ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60699 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60699 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:04:48 GMT Turks and Caicos Islands: climate change green paper This "Green Paper" is intended to serve as a platform to facilitate ongoing consultations with stakeholders in the public and private sectors and civil ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60698 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60698 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:04:32 GMT How ICTs could be used in future learning environments The mission of the IPTS is to provide customer driven support to the EU policy-making process by researching science-based responses to policy challenges ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59409 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59409 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:38:50 GMT Experiences from sexual and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS The true test of the effectiveness of health and development research is whether people use it – for decision-making, influencing, referencing, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58835 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58835 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:22:16 GMT Perspectives and attitudes of policy-makers towards the use and impact of research in the health sector Adnan A. Hyder; Adrijana Corluka; Peter J. Winch This empirical study, published in the Health Policy and Planning journal, was undertaken to better understand the perspectives and attitudes of policy-makers ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58701 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58701 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:01:18 GMT Getting research out of practice Justin Parkhurst; Ian Weller; Julia Kemp Globally, health policy has been dominated by calls for getting research into practice. This notwithstanding, this paper argues that many health interventions ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58707 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58707 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:55:59 GMT Mind the gap: from evidence to policy impact - conference proceedings The 3ie conference, Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy Impact, brought to centre stage the need to address this “tension between learning and ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58709 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58709 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:09:01 GMT Economics research and policy making in Bangladesh N. Islam In?uencing policy is the ultimate goal of conducting policy research for which an important prerequisite is the existence of strong research-policy links ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58351 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58351 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:30:52 GMT The nature and extent of research in Africa J. Adams; C. King; D. Hook This report provides an introduction to patterns of research activity in Africa. Its overall finding is that, whilst the volume of research activity on ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=51711 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=51711 Fri, 27 May 2011 01:46:46 GMT Evaluation of Eldis services Independent review and evaluation of the Eldis development research information website service, covering web content, distribution, country reach and ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57239 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57239 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:58:38 GMT Strengthening the institutional engagement of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa programme in East Africa E. Kituyi Commissioned by IDRC and DFID in order to strengthen institutional engagement of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) programme, this study ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=56694 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=56694 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:08:55 GMT