Technically sound and politically achievable? A taxonomy of knowledge types and their influence on governance in three South-East Asian countries

ODI Background Notes, February 2012

Arnaldo Pellini, Maria Dolores Alicias, Nguyen Thi Thu Hang and Palmira Permata Bachtiar

This Background Note classifies different types of knowledge that aim to influence policy, which is then used to analyse case studies from three South-East Asian countries: Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. The study concludes with suggestions on the usefulness of the development of classifications – a taxonomy – of knowledge types.