Objectives
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To consolidate new regionally relevant knowledge practice interface.
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To critically assess relevance of existing theories or approaches to understand knowledge practice in the South Asian context.
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To assess and explain issues relating to capacity or lack of capacity to incorporate research into public policy.
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To identify and analyse the factors that influence actors to play a key role in success or failure of the process of influencing.
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To identify and analyse the factors within the context the actors are operating in that have affected success or failure of using research evidence on policy and practice.
Geographical spread
India
Key areas/components
Case study documentation on NREGS in Gujarat and Jharkhand and RTI in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Key outputs
Evidence based advocacy in RTI and NREGS was documented in the case studies
Year/period
2009
Client
Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka