RAPID Programme Tools

The RAPID programme has been researching the interface between research and policy for several years, and running workshops, seminars and courses for a diverse range of stakeholders (see the events page). This page provides links to a wide range of information resources, case studies, frameworks and tools that have been developed by the programme itself and by other organisations working in this area.

Definitions	RAPID's definitions of policy and research.
Bibliographies	A general literature review on research policy links, and other literature reviews for specific case studies and for specific elements of the process.
Theoretical Models	Over thirty theoretical models describing how research-based evidence can influence policy.
The Context, Evidence and Links Framework	RAPID has developed a general framework and a practical tool to help researchers inprove the policy impact of their work. The background and application of the framework is explained in this presentation.
General Lessons	General lessons from a wide range of summary and more detailed case studies.
General Methods	These include general methods for researching the interface between research and policy (with further information about how to use some of them in the toolkits); and methods to asses the policy impact of specific research outputs (see the recent ESRC Symposium), and RAPID's new approach to overcome which is being tested in a collaboprative project with the International Livestock Research Institute in Kenya.
Toolkits	Toolkits providing basic information about a wide range of practical tools for researchers, policy makers and practitioners on all aspects of evidence-based policy, with links to further information.
Research Studies	These have included 50 summary case studies for the GDN Bridging Research and Policy Project, and four detailed case studies for ODI's own Bridging Research and Policy project.
Good News Case Studies	...where research seems to have influenced policy. These include the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP), Decentralised Livestock Services in Indonesia Project (DELIVERI) and Primary School Action for Better Health project in Kenya (PSABH). Other case studies available are Coalition 2000 - Introduction of Anticorruption Education in Bulgarian Secondary Schools and Paravets - Community-based Animal Health Workers in Kenya.
Other organisations doing similar work	...include IDRC's recent Strategic Evaluation of the Influence of Research on Public Policy; The Global Development Network's Bridging Research and Policy Project and the International Food Policy Research Institute's new Policy Processes in Food Security and Nutrition Project. Links to a many other sources of information are provided on the Links page.
Talking Heads	Film clips, audio tracks and transcripts of policy makers, researchers and practitioners explaining what they do to improve the use of research-based evidence in development policy.