Balancing international public goods and accountability: Exploring the impact of IFPRI’s policy research on science, technology, and innovation

As the two case studies suggest, STI impact is highly context-specific, and must often adapt to a changing decision-making milieu. Partner engagement is a critical piece in moving policy research to outcomes, as is reflected in IFPRI’s most recent strategy and increased deployment of personnel to co...

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Autor principal: Lynam, John K.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146378
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description As the two case studies suggest, STI impact is highly context-specific, and must often adapt to a changing decision-making milieu. Partner engagement is a critical piece in moving policy research to outcomes, as is reflected in IFPRI’s most recent strategy and increased deployment of personnel to country programs. However, local deployment for impact comes at the expense of critical mass at headquarters and the ability to engage in emerging trends in scientific discovery. And, as the review highlights, such critical mass can only be deployed over a limited number of research themes. As the IFPRI STI team explores the next strategic focus for its research, it faces the difficult question of how to balance the increasing emphasis on accountability, and therefore impact, with the ability of IFPRI to define new research areas and generate IPGs in this critical policy area.
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spelling CGSpace1463782025-11-06T04:22:04Z Balancing international public goods and accountability: Exploring the impact of IFPRI’s policy research on science, technology, and innovation Lynam, John K. innovation agricultural research agricultural policies technology monitoring and evaluation developing countries agricultural development science impact assessment As the two case studies suggest, STI impact is highly context-specific, and must often adapt to a changing decision-making milieu. Partner engagement is a critical piece in moving policy research to outcomes, as is reflected in IFPRI’s most recent strategy and increased deployment of personnel to country programs. However, local deployment for impact comes at the expense of critical mass at headquarters and the ability to engage in emerging trends in scientific discovery. And, as the review highlights, such critical mass can only be deployed over a limited number of research themes. As the IFPRI STI team explores the next strategic focus for its research, it faces the difficult question of how to balance the increasing emphasis on accountability, and therefore impact, with the ability of IFPRI to define new research areas and generate IPGs in this critical policy area. 2016-05-04 2024-06-21T09:06:51Z 2024-06-21T09:06:51Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146378 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146379 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Lynam, John K. 2016. Balancing international public goods and accountability: Exploring the impact of IFPRI’s policy research on science, technology, and innovation. Independent Impact Assessment Brief 43. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146378
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Balancing international public goods and accountability: Exploring the impact of IFPRI’s policy research on science, technology, and innovation
title Balancing international public goods and accountability: Exploring the impact of IFPRI’s policy research on science, technology, and innovation
title_full Balancing international public goods and accountability: Exploring the impact of IFPRI’s policy research on science, technology, and innovation
title_fullStr Balancing international public goods and accountability: Exploring the impact of IFPRI’s policy research on science, technology, and innovation
title_full_unstemmed Balancing international public goods and accountability: Exploring the impact of IFPRI’s policy research on science, technology, and innovation
title_short Balancing international public goods and accountability: Exploring the impact of IFPRI’s policy research on science, technology, and innovation
title_sort balancing international public goods and accountability exploring the impact of ifpri s policy research on science technology and innovation
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agricultural research
agricultural policies
technology
monitoring and evaluation
developing countries
agricultural development
science
impact assessment
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