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  Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, USA (CRL)

  The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries.
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  Knowledge for development: a strategic resource for unrolling SADC’s development plans

  Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, 2006

  To inform development in Southern Africa, the region needs information that is locally produced, analysed and delivered.
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  How can research-based development interventions be more effective at influencing policy and practice?

  Making markets work better for the poor, 2005

  This paper explores ways in which those who are involved in Making Markets Work (MMW) programmes can be effective at influencing policy and practice, whether of government, development agencies, private companies or NGOs. The paper draws lessons from two case studies: sustainable livelihoods and Drivers of Change.
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  Linking research, policy and livelihoods: challenges and contradictions

  Department for International Development, UK, 2006

  This research brief explores the linkages between research and policy-making and is based on a review of 35 Natural Resources Systems Programmes (NRSP).
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  Wikis, webs, and networks: creating connections for conflict-prone settings

  2nd World Water Forum and Ministerial Conference: From Vision to Action, 2006

  This report recommends ways to improve connectivity between the various actors working in conflict prone settings. The ultimate goal of enhanced connectivity is to enable local populations to prevent and mitigate conflict and help rebuild their country.
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  Copy/South dossier: issues in the economics, politics, and ideology of copyright in the global South

  Copy South Research Group, 2006

  Restrictive copyright laws still act as a serious barrier to sharing and learning. This dossier is addressed to readers who want to learn more about the global role of copyright and, in particular, its largely negative role in the global South.
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  CSO capacity for policy engagement: lessons learned from the CSPP consultations in Africa, Asia and Latin America

  Research and Policy in Development, ODI, 2006

  The nature of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in development work is changing, but how successfully – and leading where? While there is still a strong demand for CSOs to ‘sustain the good work’ in terms of direct service delivery, there is also a growing need for civil society to participate in policy processes, in order to bring about sustained long-term change.
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  Social movements and the politicization of chronic poverty policy

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006

  In a rapidly globalising and turbulent world, the persistence of chronic poverty is one thing humankind can count on. Social, political, environmental and economic conditions all play a role in the perpetuation of global poverty. It is in this sense that chronic poverty must be seen as more than a simple lack of assets.
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  Mapping political context: a toolkit for civil society organisations

  Overseas Development Institute, 2006

  This toolkit describes a range of tools that civil society organisations (CSOs) might use to understand and map political context, in order to engage more effectively in policy processes.
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  Better ways to manage meetings

  Network Learning, 2005

  One of a series of documents on improving day-to-day activities of humanitarian workers, this paper explores the management of meetings and ways this can be improved to be more effective and time-saving.Meetings in general, but specifically in this field, are often considered to be bureaucratic and unnecessary.

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