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From Mexico to Mali: progress in health policy and systems research
The Lancet, 2008In 2004, the ministerial summit in Mexico drew attention to the historic neglect of health policy and systems research (HPSR) and called for increased funding, investment in national institutional capacity for HPSR, and resources for selected priority research topics.DocumentAn evaluation of private foundation copyright licensing policies, practices and opportunities
Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, 2009This document examines the extent to which charitable foundations are aware of and have begun to use open licenses such as Creative Commons or the GPL. It highlights examples where foundations have begun to take advantage of new licensing models for materials and resources produced by their own staff, their consultants and their grantees.DocumentSAS2: a guide to collaborative inquiry and social engagement
International Development Research Centre, 2008Social issues should be addressed socially and in multi-stakeholder mode, not by private interest and experts alone in processes of knowledge production, planning and decision making. This guide is an important step in the creation and mobilisation of practical, authentic knowledge for social change.DocumentAdvancing children’s rights: a guide for civil society organisations on how to engage with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2009
Plan International, 2008Civil society organisations can play an important part and bring value to the work of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in its mission to promote and protect the rights of the child.DocumentKnowledge to policy: making the most of development research
International Development Research Centre, 2009This book investigates the effects of research in the field of international development. It starts from a sophisticated understanding about how research influences public policy and decision-making. It shows how research can contribute to better governance in at least three ways:DocumentLinking research and policy: the case of Ghana's rice trade policy
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007Agricultural trade policies, in particular import tariffs to protect domestic production, constitute a highly contested field of agricultural policy.OrganisationThe FOR-LEARN project
The FORLEARN project is part of the European Foresight Knowledge Sharing Platform.DocumentKnowledge translation toolkit: a resource for researchers
International Development Research Centre, 2008Knowledge Translation (KT) is the middle, meeting ground between two fundamentally different processes: those of research and those of action. This toolkit is offered primarily to researchers working on health policy and systems issues in low and middle income countries, but it will be of interest to many other audiences as well.DocumentIndia’s water future to 2025–2050: business-as-usual scenario and deviations
International Water Management Institute, 2007This research report captures the trends of key drivers of India’s water demand in the recent past, and assess their implications on future water demand and ultimately on water resources. Water demand of irrigation, domestic and industrial sectors is modeled for the years 2025 and 2050. Projections on water and food demand and supply are made as follows: