Global Knowledge Networks and International Development

Global Knowledge Networks and International Development

Global Knowledge Networks and International Development

Global Knowledge Networks and International Development

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Overview

This book provides the most up-to-date analysis and insights in the area of international development and policy-making

The contributors include respected university academics and experts based in international development organisations, providing theoretical insights and empirical case studies

As well as appealing to academics in the fields of development, politics, law and sociology, it will also be useful for think-tanks and policy research institutes, international organisations, development agencies and policy communities

There are no competing titles addressing the role of research in development policy


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781134272754
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/02/2004
Series: Routledge Studies in Globalisation
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Diane Stone is Marie Curie Chair and Head of the Public Policy programme at the Central European University, Hungary. She is on leave of absence from the University of Warwick. Simon Maxwell is Director of the Overseas Development Institute, the UK's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian policy.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Diane Stone, University of Warwick and Simon Maxwell, Overseas Development Institute - Bridging Policy and Research in A Globalising World Part One: Ideas and International Development 2. Desmond McNeill, University of Oslo - Power and Ideas: The Role of Multilateral Institutions in Development Policy 3. Kenneth King, University of Edinburgh - Knowledge and the North-South Divide 4. Sarah Clarke and Lyn Squire, GDN - Creating the Global Development Network: An Exercise in Institutional Theory and Practice Part Two: Bridging Projects 5. John Young and Julius Court, Overseas Development Institute - The ODI Case Studies of Research Impact on Policy 6. Fred Carden and Stephanie Nielsen, International Development Research Center - IDRC and the Policy Impact of Donor Supported Research 7. Jim Ryan, International Food Policy Research Institute - Measuring the Impact of Research on Policy: The IFPRI Approach Part Three: Networks of Knowledge 8. Pamela Mbabazi, Makerre University, and Tim Shaw, Institute of Commonwealth Studies - Research for Reconstruction in Africa: Challenges for Policy Communities and Coalitions 9. Shirin Rai, University of Warwick - South Asian Research Network on Gender, Law and Governance Conclusion 10. Simon Maxwell, Overseas Development Institute and Diane Stone, University of Warwick - The Challenge of Transnational Knowledge Networks
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