Maria BalarinMay 12, 20165 minDoing research in Bolivia Paraguay and Perú[Editor’s note: This post was written by Maria Balarin, Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)....
Clara RichardsApr 30, 20155 minPolitical Knowledge Regimes: an approach to the Bolivian case[Editor’s note: This post was written by Fernando Martín Moreno, Political Science graduate by the Complutense University of Madrid and...
Clara RichardsDec 2, 20142 minConceptual Framework No. 4: Working Hypothesis[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the...
Clara RichardsNov 18, 20143 minWhat’s the evidence on Evidence Informed Policy Making?One of the key indicators of policy influence is ‘framing debates’ (Jones and Villar, 2008) and there is no doubt that the narratives...
Clara RichardsSep 18, 20141 minThe challenges facing southern researchers in the Arab worldDevelopment experiences from many Arab countries show that the achievement of development in different sectors depends on the practical...
Clara RichardsAug 22, 20142 minConceptual Framework No. 3: The formal hypothesis[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the...
Clara RichardsJul 17, 20143 minConceptual Framework No.2: Categories[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the...
Clara RichardsJul 15, 20146 minBringing analysis, evidence and new ideas on social development to the UN system: an interview with In the Palais des Nations, the United Nations office in Geneva, there is room for UNRISD, a research institute focused on social...
Clara RichardsJun 18, 20143 minConceptual Framework No.1: The Practical Ideal Type[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the...
Clara RichardsJun 5, 20143 minOpen letter, a communication strategy to influence policy decision makersThe purpose of this communication tool is to establish channels of communication with decision power instances, both at the state level...
Clara RichardsMay 20, 20142 minHow to link theory and practice for relevant research[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the...
Clara RichardsMar 21, 20145 minHave Evidence, Will… Um, Erm (guest post)[Editor’s note: This post was written and published by Heather Lanthorn and Suvojit Chattopadhyay. Heather is PhD Candidate in Global...
Clara RichardsFeb 27, 20144 minEvidence Based Policy + Citizen Participation: can they be combined?[Editor’s note: This post was written by René Cardoso Baltazar (@rcardosob), strategic advisor to the International Foundation for the...
Clara RichardsFeb 18, 20142 minPartisan think tanks: a double-edged sword[Editor’s note: This is the third of a series of blogs by Claudio Jones on partisan think tanks. The first post can be read here, and...
Clara RichardsJan 6, 20144 minWhat do partisan think tanks seek?Is the political role of partisan think tanks -in Latin America’s new democracies and elsewhere- equivalent to the standard concept of...