Using evidence to influence policy: Oxfam’s experience

Regional Policy Evaluation: Ignorance, Evidence and Influence

From Evidence - Based Policy - Making to Policy

The paper aims at addressing the problem of what makes specific aiding to decide within public policy making problem situations. Under such a perspective it analyses some basic concepts such as “public policy”, “deliberation”, “legitimation”, “accountability” and shows the necessity to expand the concept of rationality which is expected to be behind the acceptability of a public policy. We then...

Deriving Policy from Evidence: Experience from the WCRF/AICR Report

Health is regarded as a basic human right. Governments, public health authorities, and health care and other professions have responsibilities to protect and promote public health. Policies to achieve this should be based on the best available evidence. Two fundamental questions follow from this statement: What is the best available evidence, and what are the processes best used to identify and...

Using evidence to change antimalarial drug policy in Kenya.

Chloroquine resistance was first detected in Kenya in 1978 and escalated during the 1980s. Chloroquine remained the treatment of choice for uncomplicated malaria infections until revised guidelines were launched in 1998 despite a plethora of scientific evidence on failure. This review analyses the range and quality of the evidence base that was used to change the drug policy in Kenya from chlor...

Using the Semantic Grid to Support Evidence-Based Policy Assessment

The PolicyGrid project is exploring the role of Semantic Grid technologies to support eScience for the social sciences, with a particular emphasis on tools to facilitate evidence-based policy making. In this paper we highlight some of the key challenges for the development of semantic esocial science and outline our approach for management of evidence. In addition, we discuss issues surrounding...