Effectiveness has been understood at three levels of analysis in the scholarly study of policy
design. The first is at the systemic level indicating what entails effective formulation …

Background Health policy-making can benefit from more effective use of research. In many
policy settings there is scope to increase capacity for using research individually and …

Evidence-based policymaking (EBP) contends that policy decisions are successful when
informed by evidence. However, where policy problems are “wicked”(systemic, ambiguous …

A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

Achieving impact from academic research is a challenging, complex, multifaceted, and
interconnected topic with a number of competing priorities and key performance indicators …

Evidence-based decision making is promoted as offering efficiency and effectiveness;
however, its uptake has faced barriers such as underdeveloped supporting culture, limited …

Scientists are increasingly required to demonstrate the real world tangible impacts arising
from their research. Despite significant advances in scholarship dedicated to understanding …

For more than a decade, a popular theory amongst scholars of science-policy interactions
has been that research is most effective at informing policy and decision-making processes …

We trace the evolution of understandings and applications of policy capacity through a meta-
analysis of studies in the policy and administrative sciences that focus on definitions or …

The paradigm of evidence-based policy analysis is an increasingly popular paradigm for
public policy analysis. It is still in an emerging state in South Africa. Until recently, no …