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Also for President Obama it is a matter of judgment about the evidence on Syria

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President Obama spoke few hour ago to the Nation.  In a 16 minutes speech (here) he made his case for the need to conduct airstrikes against Syria following  the  chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21 which the Obama administration blames on Assad\’s government. In a  blog published last Monday by The Broker […]

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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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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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