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Just published – Political economy in practice: thoughts on managing and conducting a political economy study on disaster-risk management in Indonesia

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In this opinion piece published by Research to Action I describe the process of conducting a political economy study commissioned by the Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) and conducted in October – November 2012. My aim is to describe how the research process unfolded and why. The audience I have in mind are programme advisors, programme and project […]

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Knowledge and power in South East Asia

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Knowledge and power in South East Asia East Asia Forum Arnaldo Pellini, Ajoy Datta and harry Jones of RAPID discuss their findings on the use of knowledge in policy-making in Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Read more  

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Just published – Towards policy-relevant science and scientifically informed policy: Political economy of the use of knowledge and research evidence in urban resilience interventions in the Philippines

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The Philippines is the third most disaster-prone country in the world: so how is the government using knowledge and evidence to ensure that the country has the best possible policy and practice to reduce the effect of natural disasters on people\’s lives. This knowledge context study applies political economy analysis and the knowledge, policy and

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

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I written this blog thinking whether evidence-informed policies and decision-making processes the prerogative of central governments or can they also take place at local level? Local First has kindly published it and you can find it here >> \’Local First is an approach to international development that prioritises the views and leadership of people and

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The political battles in Rome and the role of knowledge and evidence in decision-making processes at sub-national level

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Interesting times in Italian politics. President Napolitano has assigned the task of forming a new government to Pier Luigi Bersani, the leader of the Democratic Party Italy\’s leading center-left party which in this month (i.e.March) election secured a majority in the Chamber of Deputies but not in the Senate. A new government requires the vote

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Evidence can wait. Can’t it?

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I woke up this morning thinking about the political situation in Italy. Yesterday, President Napolitano, began meetings with the various parties represented in the parliament to understand if and to whom give the task of trying to establish a government which will also need to be voted by the majority of parliamentarians in the two

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

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I have written this blog which takes a look at the way evidence is informing social welfare policy in Indonesia, arguing that Indonesia requires an (endogenous) big push to strengthen the use of research and data analysis for the design of public policies and to sustain growth. Read and comment to the blog which is

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What is Governance? A paper by Francis Fukuyama

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Interesting paper by Francis Fukuyama for the CGD: What is Governance? Here the abstract:  This paper points to the poor state of empirical measures of the quality of states, that is, executive branches and their bureaucracies. Much of the problem is conceptual, since there is very little agreement on what constitutes high-quality government. The paper suggests

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