ABSTRACT

This volume draws together leading experts from academia, think-tanks and donor agencies, to examine the impact of transnational knowledge networks in the formulation of local, national and global policy in the field of international development and transition studies.

These leading contributors pay particular attention to the global reach of research and the manner in which knowledge is incorporated into, and shapes, transnational policy domains. They show how the 'knowledge agenda' has become a central part of the discourse of both developing societies and advanced economies. Governments and international organizations devote considerable financial resources to both in-house and contracted research.

This volume will be of great interest to students, researchers and policy makers concerned with global policy, global governance and development.

chapter |20 pages

The impact of economic policy research

Lessons on attribution and evaluation from IFPRI

chapter |15 pages

Power and ideas

Economics and global development policy

chapter |17 pages

Knowledge-based aid

A new way of networking or a new North–South divide? 1

chapter |17 pages

Creating the Global Development Network

An exercise in institutional theory and practice

chapter |16 pages

Networking across borders

South Asian Research Network (SARN) on gender, law and governance

chapter |17 pages

Confluence and influence

Building policy capacities in research networks

chapter |12 pages

Research for reconstruction in Africa

Challenges for policy communities and coalitions

chapter |16 pages

From civil society development to policy research

The transformation of the Soros Foundations Network and its Roma policies