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| The Alliance
for Health Policy and Systems Research aims to promote
the generation, dissemination and use of knowledge for enhancing
health system performance. It has recently set up a section
of the site with a range of information on how to promote impact
of research on policy. More...
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Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commission
on Development-Related Research was
established to learn what could be done to improve learning
for policymaking. It emerged from the strong belief that policymaking
should be based on solid knowledge. With regards to political
programs, such as development aid, the Commission points out
that legitimacy depends not only on whether policies are well
intended, but on whether they will work and whether public resources
are frugally used. More... |
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The Council
for Health Research for Development COHRED was established
to improve links between research and policy in health sector.
COHREDhas undertaken important work in this field over recent
years in both developed and developing countries. More...
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| Demanding
Innovation: Articulating policies for demand-led research and
research capacity building. This international seminar,
organized by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European
Centre for Development Policy Management, was held in Maastricht,
The Netherlands on October 10-12, 2001. It served to bring together
researchers, research policymakers, research users from the
South, academics and representatives of donor agencies to discuss
how to promote demand-led research. More... |
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| The UK Department
for International Development DFID is active in sharing
its knowledge such that policy makers and practitioners can
use it to have a positive impact on people's lives. DFID has
set up a Knowledge Policy Unit (KPU), whose purpose is to enhance
the use of knowledge by DFID and others in support of the elimination
of poverty. The KPU seeks to coordinate DFID's existing knowledge
activities more effectively and to initiate new activities that
will add to the impact of DFID's knowledge programmes. More...
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| The Network
for Evidence-Based Policy and Practice was established
in 1999 by the Economic and Social Research Council, the UK's
largest funding agency for research and postgraduate training
in social and economic issues to bring social science research
much nearer to the decision making process. More... |
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| The
Global Applied Research Network GARNET at the Water,
Engineering & Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University
is a mechanism for information exchange in the water supply
and sanitation sector using low-cost, informal networks of researchers,
practitioners and funders of research. More...
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| The Global
Development Network (GDN) was established in 1998, with
the goal of supporting and linking research and policy institutes
involved in the field of development and whose work is predicated
on the notion that ideas matter. RAPNet
is the web site of GDN's Bridging Research and Policy Project.
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| The Global
Knowledge Partnership is a "network of networks"
with a diverse membership base comprising public, private and
not-for profit organizations from both developed and developing
countries. The Partnership was born as a result of the 1997
Global Knowledge Conference in Canada, hosted by the World Bank
and the Government of Canada. At present there are 45 members
and 48 pending members. More... |
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| The Getting
Research into Policy and Practice (GRIPP) website
is a practical resource to support researchers maximise the
impact of their research on policy and practice. While the tools
are generic, the case studies are mostly on the topic of family
planning. More
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| The
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
is a public corporation created in 1970 to help developing countries
find long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental
problems they face. IDRC's architects believed that the powers
of science and technology could be harnessed to promote economic
growth and development in the South. More... |
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| The Institute
for Development Studies at the University of Sussex
host several useful resources. The
Environment team works on policy processes and policy learning
as related to livelihoods and environmental issues. id21
is a fast-track research reporting service and ELDIS
is a gateway to information on development issues, providing
free and easy access to wide range of high quality online resources.
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| International
Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI is exploring the
impact of economic policy research and ways of evaluating this.
They have held a workshop on assessing the impact of policy-oriented
social science research in November 2001, in which a number
of ways for enhancing impact were identified. These included
identifying a communications strategy, understanding policy
processes, strengthening national and international research
capacity, and presenting research as policy options. More... |
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| Learning
and Skills Development Agency LSDA is a 'strategic national
resource for the development of policy and practice in post-16
education and training'. Its headquarters are located in London.
They have set up a Research and Development Programme called
Research Impact, and the first paper to be produced was Walter
& Nutley's literature review, 'Models of Research Impact',
in April 2002. More... |
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Pro-Poor Livestock
Policy Initiative (PPLPI) is an initiative to facilitate
and support the formulation and implementation of policies
and institutional changes that have a positive impact on the
livelihoods of a large number of the world's poor.
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| The
Netherlands Development Assistance Research Council (RAWOO)
was established to (1) issue recommendations regarding research
priorities and to put forward proposals for long-term research
programmes, and (2) foster communication among the various parties
involved in research for development: researchers, policy-makers
and end users, both in the South and in the North. . More... |
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| The Research
Unit for Research Utilisation (RURU) was recently set
up by the University of St Andrews affiliated to the ESRC Network
for Evidence-based Policy and Practice. They aim to look at
how to enable evidence to inform policy and professional practice,
and their main areas of interest are key public sectors such
as health care and social care.More... |
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| The Support
for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA) project is
managed by the Academy for Educational Development, Washington
DC. Its aim is to improve policies and programs in health and
basic education. Together, AFR/SD and SARA aim to improve the
link between research, policy development and program design
and implementation in Africa. More... |
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| The United
Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD)
has ongoing work on Improving
Research and Knowledge on Social Development in International
Organizations and recently held a conference on Social
Knowledge and International Policy Making: Exploring the Linkages.
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| The World
Bank has a numer of useful resources. The World Development
Report 1998/99 focused on 'Knowledge for Development' (www.worldbank.org/wdr/wdr98/index.htm),
and dealt with the broad issues of narrowing knowledge gaps,
addressing information problems, and policy priorities. The
World Bank also has a Knowledge Sharing webpage (www.worldbank.org/ks),
and is a member of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) (www.globalknowledge.org).
The Poverty Reduction Group's approach to Poverty
and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) aims to improve links
between research and policy for poverty reduction. More...
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