Six Italian scientists have been found guilty for having given insufficient warning to residents of L’Aquila about the seismic risks they faced ahead of earthquake that hit the city in the night of 6 of April 2009. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3 and caused 309 deaths, more than 1.500 injured and more than […]
Six years of jail to scientists for L\’Aquila earthquake. Trial against science? Read More »
I have had a very interesting meeting and discussion this week with about 20 staff of the Asia Foundation in Manila. We talked about policy entrepreneurship and development entrepreneurship and discussed the differences and similarities between the two concepts. Development entrepreneurship has been introduced and has been described by the Asia Foundation in a recent
The new research strategy of AusAID for the period 2012-16 is now online. AusAID funds research to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development. Good research leads to greater development effectiveness and AusAID has been a strong supporter of practical, policy-relevant social science research into development challenges. This strategy outlines AusAID\’s approach to delivering an effective
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A couple of time a week I go for a long walk at the local track and field stadium. I like to listen to podcasts while walking and in particular the LSE public lectures. Here is one I really enjoyed by noble laureate Daniel Kahneman. Part of it, I think, are quite I relevant for
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Last June I gave a presentation at AusAID in Canberra together with John Young, the head of the Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme at the Overseas Development Institute . The presentation, which has been well attended and was open to all staff of AusAID, focused on principles and tools for measuring policy influence
Measuring policy influence: like measuring thin air? Read More »
Download the report at the World Bank website: The Vietnam Development Reports (VDR) is a series of reports, which have been published by the World Bank resident mission since 2002, and focus on key development issues for Vietnam. The VDRs aim at tapping into existing knowledge, achieving an \’upstream harmonization\’ so that donors can engage with
The RAPID Outcome Mapping Approach, in short , is a strategic planning tool that ODI’ RAPID programme has suggested for some years as a way to increase the chances of research evidence and knowledge to influence policy and development practice. One of ROMA’s steps focuses on the assessment of the skills that are considered useful
Policy entrepreneurs’ skills with a little bit of help from Carl Jung Read More »
Last week I was in Phnom Penh and had a nice chat with Kurt Bredenberg, an expert of education policy in Cambodia and a long time resident in the country. While talking about the school cluster policy the conversation touched upon the Priority Action Program, or PAP. PAP started as a pilot in ten provinces
Evidence-based policy: a matter of luck? Read More »