Influencing policy
- Better use of knowledge, collaboration and capacity building key to increasing the impact of research
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The new UK Department for International Development's (DFID) research strategy prioritises six main subject areas - growth, sustainable agriculture, climate change, health, governance and future challenges and opportunities. It highlights, among others, the better use of knowledge, collaboration and capacity building as key factors in increasing the impact of research.
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An overview of decision-making on sustainable developent in Africa
- ( R. Sherman;H. Wilkins / International Institute for Sustainable Development [ES] , 2008)
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The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) is the primary ministerial level forum for environment and development issues in Africa. It has helped launch various environmental ini...
- Why are local people often resistant to conservation efforts?
- ( G. Holmes / Conservation and Society , 2007)
- This paper presents a framework to understand how conservation is resisted, particularly in protected areas and national parks. Informed largely by James Scott’s concept of ‘everyday ...
Discussing the human rights concerns raised by climate change
- ( S. Humphreys;R. Archer / International Council on Human Rights Policy, Geneva , 2008)
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This report discusses a spectrum of human rights concerns raised by anthropogenic climate change and by the strategies devised to address it. It pinpoints areas where climate change will have direc...
- A need for change? The role of think tanks in Vietnam.
- ( T. Hashimoto;S. Hell;S. Woo Nam / ADB Institute , 2005)
- This paper presents a report from a high-level roundtable conference on public policy issues held in Hanoi in August 2005. It aims to serve as a reference for policymakers, public policy research inst...
- Reflections on economic policy in South Africa
- ( V. Padayachee;G. Sherbut / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa , 2007)
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This paper looks at the role of academic economists and of economic policy think tanks in providing policy advice and (indirectly) on economic policy in South Africa over the period from the mid-19...
- Marginalisation as an outcome or a process
- ( R. Kanbur / Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University , 2007)
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This paper argues that economic marginalisation can be conceptualised as an outcome or process. When defined as an outcome, it can be a static description or a dynamic characterisation of how thing...
- A reflection on the analysis of and response to food insecurity
- ( D. Maxwell / Feinstein International Center, USA , 2007)
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This paper reflects on where the people termed a “community of practice” stand in the food security enterprise. That is, those people who have a common interest or problem, who collabor...
- Making networks work in international development and influencing policy
- ( E. Perkin; J. Court / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2005)
- When, why and how do networks function best for policy impact in international development? The objective of this paper is to review and synthesise existing literature in an effort to answer these que...
- How effective are Multi-Donor Trust Funds in addressing post-crisis situations?
- ( Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation , 2007)
- This paper sets out the main findings of a joint review of MDTF performance in post-crisis situations and seeks to identify what arrangements work best. It concludes that MDTFs have been a useful inst...
- Why the Southern African development community needs its own knowledge centres
- ( M. Madakufamba / Southern African Research and Documentation Centre , 2006)
- To inform development in Southern Africa, the region needs information that is locally produced, analysed and delivered. This background paper considers the concepts of Knowledge for Development (KfD)...
