Using Evidence in Policy and Practice

Lessons from Africa
Herausgeber: Goldman, Ian; Pabari, Mine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book asks how governments in Africa can use evidence to improve their policies and programmes. It will be perfect for policy-makers, practitioners in government and civil society, researchers and academics with an interest in how evidence is used to support policy making in Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780367440077
• ISBN-10: 0367440075
• Artikelnr.: 59866080

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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