Global Knowledge Networks and International Development (Hardcover)

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