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Issue 35 : Research, policy and practice
This issue of Capacity.Org focuses on the link between research-based evidence, policy and practice. Researchers, policymakers, civil society organisations (CSOs) and practitioners in capacity development often live in very separate worlds. Their dynamics, values and ways of handling evidence are very different. As a result, research-based evidence often is only a minor factor when policies for development are formulated and practices shaped. Those involved in gathering evidence – researchers and increasingly non-government organisations (NGOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs) – are convinced that the ability of policies and practices to combat poverty can be substantially enhanced if research is given more attention. In the guest column, Patrick Chabal presents the example of decentralisation policies. Despite mounting evidence that decentralisation does not always contribute to poverty reduction, it is still often zealously and uncritically embraced by policymakers and practitioners in capacity development.
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Aligning with the political process
29 October 2010
Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) conducts research that helps shape policy in India.
MoreCivil society organisations and legislators
29 October 2010
In promoting evidence-based policy in developing countries, the links between civil society organisations and legislators in the research-policy-practice interface have been insufficiently studied.
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Developing capacities for policy influence
29 October 2010
The Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) links research and policy to improve the livelihoods of people in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Evidence-based policies
29 October 2010
It is common to think that academic researchers and aid practitioners cannot communicate because they live in different worlds. The former are said to be concerned with formulating theories regardless of the complexities and contradictions of the evidence, while the latter are mandated to implement internationally sanctioned practical policies that are intended to improve lives. Each asks why the other doesn’t understand how difficult their job is.
MoreImpact of research on policy and practice
29 October 2010
It is difficult to feed research-based evidence into policy and practice. This article discusses which capacities need to be strengthened to increase the impact of research on policy.
MoreIntroduction
08 November 2010
In this Capacity.Org feature article, John Young explains why it is difficult to feed research-based evidence into policy and practice and which capacities need to be strengthened. He presents a six-step approach developed by a team at the Overseas Development Institute that can help research organisations to maximise their impact on policy and practice.
MoreNGOs provoke trade policy change
29 October 2010
Since the mid-1990s, when trade policy was understood by only a few experts, NGO campaigns have done a lot to increase the public exposure and awareness of trade issues.
MoreThe importance of building trust
29 October 2010
The European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are currently negotiating new Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). AU Ambassador Mahamet Saleh Annadif believes that researchers can provide effective support for ACP negotiators in this complex process.
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