The Japan G8 in 2008: a New Year’s Resolution for delivery on the big questions?
The 2008 G8 Summit in Toyako, Japan will be particularly significant because there are big issues on the international development agenda that require firm G8 commitments to be made in 2008; and yet the risk of not delivering on these agendas has never been higher...
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A master-class in bridging research and policy?
Has anyone read Paul Collier’s ‘The Bottom Billion’? What did you think? My own review will appear early next year in Development Policy Review. The draft follows. Comments welcome.
A master-class in bridging research and policy
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Getting political with evidence-informed policy
The Lancet is currently publishing a series of papers on Sexual and Reproductive Health; bringing to policy maker attention the current state of knowledge on the topic. Few people would argue, publicly at least, that they oppose evidence-informed policy. Yet, as we demonstrate in a Viewpoint published in The Lancet on December 9th, in the field of sexual and reproductive health at least, all too often affordable and cost-effective interventions which are technically feasible, in even the most resource constrained settings, are not implemented due to passive or active resistance. ..
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