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Policy Entrepreneurship for Poverty Reduction

Bridging Research and Policy in International Development

Editor: Court, Julius and Maxwell, S.

Publisher: Practical Action Publishing

Place of Publish: United Kingdom

Year: 2006

Page Numbers: 142

Acc. No: 2824

Class No: 338.91 POL

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Aid

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 1-85339-642-7

This book focuses on the factors that affect the influence research has on policy and practice in international development and how research and policy can be bridged more effectively for poverty reduction. This book includes contributions from senior policymakers in international development, and four case studies by experienced researchers dealing with African politics, poverty reduction, primary education, aid and finance. Diane Stone of the Politics and International Studies of the University of Warwick and Marie Curie, Chair of the Central European University state that this study gives a powerful reminder of how research can be carried out and what can be done the research. It is a manifesto for policy entrepreneurship