Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy
How research can feed into the policy process in developing countries in general, and in Nigeria more specifically, is not very well understood. Yet, this understanding is a critical part of doing effective policy research. This has become especially critical for the International Food Policy Resear...
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| author | Aberman, Noora-Lisa Schiffer, Eva Johnson, Michael E. Oboh, Victor |
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| description | How research can feed into the policy process in developing countries in general, and in Nigeria more specifically, is not very well understood. Yet, this understanding is a critical part of doing effective policy research. This has become especially critical for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), which has set up a country office for policy research in Nigeria. A key challenge for IFPRI, and other research organizations in the country, is how to better integrate research results into policy and communicate research results to Nigerian policymakers. To gain some useful insights into how research does, or does not, influence policy in Nigeria, we examined a case involving the process leading up to the adoption of the National Fertilizer Policy for Nigeria in 2006. Rather than focusing on how research influences policy in general, examining a particular policy allowed us to trace the actual policy process that took place, the actors involved, and the type of links and interactions between them. A diverse group of stakeholders (government, donors, research community, farmer organizations, and the private sector) undoubtedly debated the content of the fertilizer policy. Thus, its successful formulation and adoption offered a useful opportunity to examine how it came about in spite of competing vested interests (for or against it), and what role, if any, research-based information played in developing it. The policy covered some highly contentious political issues, most prominently the issue of privatization of the fertilizer sector in place of the large-scale and long-standing subsidy program. How the actors engaged and appeased people with vested interests who would normally oppose the policy, and the degree to which research-based information played a role in policy development, is of interest to IFPRI and others engaged in policy research. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1600442025-11-06T06:17:35Z Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy Aberman, Noora-Lisa Schiffer, Eva Johnson, Michael E. Oboh, Victor credit agriculture development policies gender microfinance women agricultural policies How research can feed into the policy process in developing countries in general, and in Nigeria more specifically, is not very well understood. Yet, this understanding is a critical part of doing effective policy research. This has become especially critical for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), which has set up a country office for policy research in Nigeria. A key challenge for IFPRI, and other research organizations in the country, is how to better integrate research results into policy and communicate research results to Nigerian policymakers. To gain some useful insights into how research does, or does not, influence policy in Nigeria, we examined a case involving the process leading up to the adoption of the National Fertilizer Policy for Nigeria in 2006. Rather than focusing on how research influences policy in general, examining a particular policy allowed us to trace the actual policy process that took place, the actors involved, and the type of links and interactions between them. A diverse group of stakeholders (government, donors, research community, farmer organizations, and the private sector) undoubtedly debated the content of the fertilizer policy. Thus, its successful formulation and adoption offered a useful opportunity to examine how it came about in spite of competing vested interests (for or against it), and what role, if any, research-based information played in developing it. The policy covered some highly contentious political issues, most prominently the issue of privatization of the fertilizer sector in place of the large-scale and long-standing subsidy program. How the actors engaged and appeased people with vested interests who would normally oppose the policy, and the degree to which research-based information played a role in policy development, is of interest to IFPRI and others engaged in policy research. 2009 2024-11-21T09:50:00Z 2024-11-21T09:50:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160044 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154667 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Schiffer, Eva; Johnson, Michael; and Oboh, Victor. 2009. Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy. NSSP Working Paper 12. Abuja, Nigeria: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160044 |
| spellingShingle | credit agriculture development policies gender microfinance women agricultural policies Aberman, Noora-Lisa Schiffer, Eva Johnson, Michael E. Oboh, Victor Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_full | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_fullStr | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_short | Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy |
| title_sort | mapping the policy process in nigeria examining linkages between research and policy |
| topic | credit agriculture development policies gender microfinance women agricultural policies |
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