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Establishing Government Think Tanks

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I contributed with Widya Sutiyo to this review written by Jessica Mackenzie of different models of government think tanks. Key points from the paper: Government think tanks have several benefits over external think tanks, including their strong understanding of government programs and priorities (which helps them to tailor advice to actual needs) and an ability to coordinate across government departments. There is […]

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Closing the gap

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“There’s a frustrating gap there so policy makers need skills to enable them to listen to the science and probe it for reliability.\” Here an interesting article published some time ago in The Guardian but still very relevant: Top 20 things politicians need to know about science

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Video of the Data Innovation for Policy Making Conference (Nov 2014)

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Here is the 10 minutes video that summarizes the key points of the Data Innovation for Policy Making conference held in Bali in November 2014. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6r811R_JlE&w=560&h=315]

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Doing Development Differently, 30 years ago

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I was sixteen when the excerpts I post below were published. For thirty-two years (and probably longer than that) development practitioners, researchers, academics, experts, technocrats, civil servants, elected officials have tackled the uncertainty of development processes. The answer thirty-two years ago as well as today seems to be the same: embrace uncertainty, make the most out of it.

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