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Bridging Research and Policy Bridging Research and Policy 1 January 2002 Status: Completed Duration: 6 Years |
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How can policymakers best use research and move towards evidence based policymaking; how can researchers best use their findings in order to influence policy; and how can the effectiveness of the interaction between researchers and policymakers be improved? GDN has sought to address these questions through the Global Research Project Bridging Research and Policy which aims to improve understanding of the links between research and policy, and to bridge the gap between researchers, policymakers and intermediary organizations such as media and professional associations in order to promote evidence-based policymaking in low and middle income countries. The project draws on a large body of multidisciplinary literature to generate valid and reliable knowledge about research-policy linkages (and gaps) in developing and transition countries, and second, to develop a set of operational conclusions and tools that can assist policymakers, researchers and donors in these settings. The aim of this project, which was launched in January 2002, is to synthesize approaches to closing the gap between ideas and their implementation. The project involves a survey of the experiences of researchers and policymakers and fifty case studies in which research has or has not influenced policies.This project has been facilitated by several institutions including the Overseas Development Institute, the Economics Education Research Consortium and key support has been provided by the Norwegian Agency for Development and USAID. » Concept Note |
