Influencing policy

Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy Impact

The 3ie conference “Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy Impact” took place in June 2011, under the premise that impact evaluation is the best way to find out what works in the fight against poverty. Issues covered included how the field of impact evaluation is evolving, what the new trends are, and why it is it more important than ever to invest in evidence-based policies. The conference website includes session presentations, photographs, videos and recordings.

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Experiences from sexual and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS: ( Knowledge Services, IDS , 2009); The true test of the effectiveness of health and development research is whether people use it – for decision-making, influencing, referencing, or most importantly, to bring about change....
Mind the gap: from evidence to policy impact - conference proceedings: ( International Initiative for Impact Evaluation , 2011); The 3ie conference, Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy Impact, brought to centre stage the need to address this “tension between learning and doing” as Ruth Levine (Hewlett Foundation) ...
Getting research out of practice: ( Justin Parkhurst;Ian Weller;Julia Kemp / The Lancet , 2010); Globally, health policy has been dominated by calls for getting research into practice. This notwithstanding, this paper argues that many health interventions are based on hypotheses that are best gue...
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 / Health Policy and Planning , 2010); This empirical study, published in the Health Policy and Planning journal, was undertaken to better understand the perspectives and attitudes of policy-makers towards the use and impact of research in...
Economics research and policy making in Bangladesh: ( N. Islam / Bangladesh Online Research Network , 2010); Inﬂuencing policy is the ultimate goal of conducting policy research for which an important prerequisite is the existence of strong research-policy links that could facilitate the use of research outc...
Evaluation of Eldis services: ( NR International , 2010); Independent review and evaluation of the Eldis development research information website service, covering web content, distribution, country reach and coverage, and Community site services....
Strengthening the institutional engagement of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa programme in East Africa: ( E. Kituyi / International Development Research Centre , 2008); Commissioned by IDRC and DFID in order to strengthen institutional engagement of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) programme, this study maps out the various institutions working on cl...
The nature and extent of research in Africa: ( J. Adams;C. King;D. Hook / Reuters , 2010); This report provides an introduction to patterns of research activity in Africa. Its overall finding is that, whilst the volume of research activity on the continent as a whole remains small, individu...
How research brokers and intermediaries support evidence-based pro-poor policy and practice: ( Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa , 2010); 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...
The need for an holistic approach to assure ageing is integrated in all policy fields: ( Project on Population Ageing, Economic Commission for Europe , 2009); This policy brief looks at how governments can integrate ageing-related issues into all policy fields in order to bring societies and economies in harmony with demographic change. It also addresses th...