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   Foreign employment and inclusive growth in Nepal: what can be done to improve impacts for the people and the country?

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 25 June 2013

   Harry Jones and Yurendra Basnett

   Every year, over 4 million Nepalis travel abroad for work. Remittances are equivalent to at least 25% of Nepal's GDP, but exploitation and extortion are rife. This report analyses the key drivers and constraints to action, and identifies realistic opportunities for change.

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   Towards policy-relevant science and scientifically informed policy in the Philippines

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 17 June 2013

   Arnaldo Pellini, Antonio Contreras, Melvin Jabar, Ma. Teresa de Guzman, Marlon Era, Dennis Erasga and Robert Javier Jr.

   This knowledge context study applies political economy analysis principles and the knowledge, policy and power framework to understand the use of knowledge and evidence in urban resilience policy-making in the Philippines.

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   Knowledge, information and economic policy-making in Vietnam

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 17 June 2013

   Ajoy Datta and Pham Lan Huong

   This major report from Ajoy Datta and Pham Lan Huong present an analysis of decision-making processes and the role of knowledge in economic policy-making in Vietnam.

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   Building political ownership and technical leadership in Cambodia

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 16 June 2013

   Harry Jones and the Cambodia Economic Association Centre for Policy Studies

   In this knowledge context study, Harry Jones takes an in-depth look at how knowledge is used in policy and decision-making in the health sector in Cambodia.

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   IF only: a wish-list for development campaigns

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 12 June 2013

   'Most in the development community agreed there was both a moral and practical imperative to act on the findings: a quarter million marched in 2005, but engagement rates had been in decline ever since...'

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   Technical input 'on the ground' deserves donor backing

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 22 May 2013

   'Development needs collective local action. More science and technical advisors should be supporting that.'

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7. Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Pro-Poor Policy: the Knowledge Sector Initiative

   Projects - May 2013 to May 2018

   ODI is working on this major 15 year initiative to improve the quality of public policies in Indonesia through the use of research, analysis, and evidence.

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   What does the difference between driving a bus in Stockholm and Delhi have to do with evidence-based policymaking?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 10 April 2013

   'Decentralisation reforms could offer a unique opportunity to strengthen evidence-informed policy-making from the bottom up.'

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   Worker in factory, India

   License: Creative Commons
   Credit: Ray Witlin
   Source: World Bank
   

   Call launch: DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme

   Event - Public event - 28 February 2013 12:00 - 15:00 (GMT+00)

   A special lunchtime seminar to launch the Second Call for research for a new programme on economic growth in low income countries

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    Indonesia is growing fast, so is the demand for social welfare: but is evidence keeping pace?

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 19 February 2013

    'We often assume that policy and political decisions move fast and by instinct, while the research evidence moves slowly. Yet policy makers are under constant pressure to mange the agenda they have promised to implement. How does that fit with the time required to generate empirical evidence to inform the policies they put in place?'

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