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  Converting policy research into policy decisions: the role of communication and the media

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  Policymaking for poverty reduction and food security in many developing countries is rather ad hoc and does not fully use research-based information. Why is this?
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  With the support of multitudes:using strategic communication to fight poverty through PRSPs

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper aims to support the Poverty Reduction Strategy process through demonstrating to policymakers how strategic communication can contribute to achieving their objectives in formulating effective Poverty Reduction Strategies.
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  Organisational learning in NGOs: creating the motive, means and opportunity

  International NGO Training and Research Centre, 2005

  This paper explores the importance of organisational learning in NGOs, drawing on examples gathered from interviews mainly with Northern NGO staff and from an extensive review of the literature.It looks into why NGOs need to provide the motive, means and opportunity for organisational learning, and introduces practical examples of how pioneering NGOs are doing this.It suggests how to combine
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  The Washington Consensus is dead!: long live the meta-narrative!

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This report critically examines the current discourse on international development policy.
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  Research on the current state of PRS monitoring systems

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  This report reviews recent literature on the monitoring of Poverty Reduction Strategies. It discusses four challenging issues: institutional arrangements; the role of non-government organisations; implementation and intermediate output monitoring; using results.The main findings from this study are:severe capacity constraints are not sufficiently acknowledged.
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  Open access to scholarly publications: a model for enhanced knowledge management? Reflections on the debate

  gpgNet: The global network on global public goods, 2004

  This paper summarises the preceedings of the gpgNet Web Forum that ran from September 20, 2004, through October 4, 2004, and included over 670 registered participants, who contributed approximately 140 electronic postings to the discussion.Participants stated that electronic publishing and the Internet itself seemingly offer the promise for academic and scientific findings to be made available
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  Innovation: applying knowledge in development

  Millennium Project, 2005

  This report describes approaches for effectively applying science, technology, and innovation to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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  Knowledge sharing in development agencies: lessons from four cases

  Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 2003

  This paper evaluates knowledge sharing activities, currently underway in development cooperation agencies.
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  Methodological innovations in research on the dynamics of poverty: a mixed-method longitudinal study in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

  Conference: Q-Squared in Practice: Experiences of Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal, May 2004, 2004

  This technical paper examines the methodology used in the qualitative component of a longitudinal study of poverty dynamics in rural and urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa.
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  Global action networks: a global invention helping business make globalisation work for all

  Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 2003

  This paper explores what it considers to be a new type of organisation: Global Action Networks (GANs). These networks cross important divides such as developed-developing countries, business-government-civil society, cultures and knowledge disciplines.

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