I am in a call with my team, talking about ideas for the future. One of my colleagues mentions that a group of civil servants she met in a recent trip to Uganda have shown interest in an INASP online…
[Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared at INASP’s blog.] In 2016, INASP and Politics & Ideas (P&I) produced the Context Matters Framework – a lens through which to examine the internal and external context in which an organization is working, identify the main factors…
How can government agencies improve the production and use of evidence to inform their policies? Is there a systematic way to move forward? Come and learn with us. In the past two years INASP and P&I have developed a framework to…
Government agencies are increasingly committing resources and energy to improve the way they use knowledge to inform policy. These efforts take many different forms but, regardless of whether efforts are centered in a specific project or policy issue, we are…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana has been working with Politics & Ideas and INASP to apply the Context Matters Framework and Mr. Ebenezer Sampong, Deputy Executive Director for Technical Services at the EPA, told Leandro Echt about the agency’s plans as…
Emily Hayter, Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt reflect on working with agencies in Peru and Ghana to help understand how they use evidence in policy Good use of knowledge and research is essential for well-informed policy decisions. We know there are…
[This blog post by Dr. Meena Nair, Head of Research and Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander, Head, Policy Engagement and Communication at Public Affairs Centre] Knowledge stems from citizens as a legitimate source of evidence to inform policies; exactly the reason why…
[This article is part of a series to share insights on a pilot to apply our framework on how context affects the use of knowledge in policy in the Secretariat for Public Administration of the Prime Minister’s Office in Peru.] Innovation in…
[This post was produced by Clara Richards, member of Politics&Ideas and Senior Programme Manager, Evidence-Informed Policy Making Team, INASP. It is a part of the series to share insights on a pilot to apply our framework on how context affects…
About a month ago, Politics & Ideas and INASP invited government agencies to participate in an opportunity to improve the use of knowledge in policy through the application of a new diagnostic tool focused on how the context affects this type of efforts. This…
