RAPID Programme Lessons - Talking Heads Video Interviews

Bridging Reseach and Policy Project Video Interviews

Click on the links next to each speaker to see film clips, listen to their interview and read the transcripts. You will need Windows Media Player or Real One Player to listen to the talks or watch the videos. These interviews were conducted at the GDN Conference in Delhi, January 2004.

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	"I would view research as improving the policy debate generally, so that out of an improved policy debate, you will get more informed policy." Montek Ahluwalia, Chairman of the Bridging Research and Policy Project More...	Watch a 1 minute video clip (Real Video 348kb or 1mb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 172kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 738kb, 4.40 mins)
	"It might be useful to advocate to the Nigerian and other Third World governments the setting aside of a budget each year to give grants to researchers to develop policy ideas and to evaluate existing policies." Onwybiko Agozino, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in Nigeria More...	Watch a 1.5 minute video clip (Real Video 389kb or 1.1mb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 187kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 633kb, 5 mins)
	"Every two years in Ghana we have a National Economic Forum, which brings together policy-makers, researchers and other civil society members." Ernest Aryeetey, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana More...	Watch a 1 minute video clip (Real Video 236kb or 693kb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 112kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 588kb, 4.40 mins)
	"Sometimes it is partly accident and sometimes by design." Nancy Birdsall, President of the Center for Global Development (CGD), Washington D.C. More...	Watch a 3 minute video clip (Real Video 760kb or 2.2mb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 368kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 463kb, 3.40 mins)
	"It is not only the issue which is important but having a solution." Mamta Bogoyary, Natural Resource Economist, Winrock International India More...	Watch a 1 minute video clip (Real Video 266kb or 780kb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 131kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 584kb, 4.40 mins)
	"I think that the major impact that we had on government was to get government to think critically about the implications of what they are doing." Rashad Cassim, Head of School of Economics and Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg More...	Watch a 2 minute video clip (Real Video 490kb or 1.4mb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 239kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 830kb, 6.40 mins)
	"In terms of improving research and policy linkages, we need greater mobility of people between government and private research institutions." Tarun Das, Economic Adviser to the Finance Minister in the Government of India More...	Watch a 2 minute video clip (Real Video 511kb or 1.5mb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 279kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 671kb, 5.25 mins)
	"The problem with this is that these individuals (researchers) will say what politicians want to hear." Julius Kiiza, Lecturer at Makerere University in Uganda More...	Watch a 1 minute video clip (Real Video 268kb or 779kb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 172kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 407kb, 3.16 mins)
	"The experience that we have is that you need to get the two sides working together as a team." Chalangphop Ssusangkarn, Thailand Research and Development Institute More...	Watch a 1.5 minute video clip (Real Video 428kb or 1.2mb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 207kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 758kb, 6 mins)
	"Researchers need to understand that policy-makers, especially if they are important, have very little time." Desmond McNeill, University of Oslo in Norway More...	Watch a 2 minute video clip (Real Video 522kb or 1.5mb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 253kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 1mb, 8.10 mins)
	"Policy-makers need to meet together to discuss the conclusions in the research and how these can be applied to the state government's policies." J. M. Phatak, Permanent Secretary, School Education Department, Government of Maharashtra in Mumbai More...	Watch a 1 minute video clip (Real Video 335kb or 979kb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 162kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 384kb, 3 mins)
	"Whether research is used depends entirely on the policy and the political commitment of the leadership and those involved." N. Rahman, Director General of Health Services in Bangladesh More...	Watch a 1 minute video clip (Real Video 200kb or 579mb) Listen to an extract (Windows Media 103kb) or the whole interview (Windows Media 886kb, 7.10 mins)