Using Evidence in Policy and Practice

Lessons from Africa
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-44012-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Rethinking Development

This book asks how governments in Africa can use evidence to improve their policies and programmes, and ultimately, to achieve positive change for their citizens. Looking at different evidence sources across a range of contexts, the book brings policy makers and researchers together to uncover what does and doesn’t work and why.

Case studies are drawn from five countries and the ECOWAS (west African) region, and a range of sectors from education, wildlife, sanitation, through to government procurement processes. The book is supported by a range of policy briefs and videos intended to be both practical and critically rigorous. It uses evidence sources such as evaluations, research synthesis and citizen engagement to show how these cases succeeded in informing policy and practice. The voices of policy makers are key to the book, ensuring that the examples deployed are useful to practitioners and researchers alike.

This innovative book will be perfect for policy makers, practitioners in government and civil society, and researchers and academics with an interest in how evidence can be used to support policy making in Africa.

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003007043, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldman, Ian

Pabari, Mine

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to the Book 2. An Introduction to Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice in Africa 3. Using Evidence in Africa 4. Mere Compliance or Learning 5. Using Evaluations to Inform Policy and Practice in a Government Department 6. Use of Evidence in a Complex Social Programme 7. The Influence of Local Ownership and Politics of the Use of Evaluations in Policy Making 8. Rapidly Responding to Policy Queries with Evidence 9. The Challenges and Potential of Evaluations to Positively Inform Reforms 10. Parliament and Public Participation in Kenya 11. The Contribution of Civil Society Generated Evidence to the Improvement of Sanitation Services in Ghana 12. Using Evidence for Tobacco Control in West Africa 13. Lessons for Using Evidence in Policy and Practice

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Goldman, Advisor on Evaluation and Evidence Systems, CLEAR Anglophone Africa; Adjunct Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Mine Pabari, Visiting Research Fellow, CLEAR Anglophone Africa, Kenya.