Goldman, Ian <br/><br/>
Using Evidence in Policy and Practice  Lessons from Africa 

 - Oxford  Taylor & Francis  2020 
 - 1 electronic resource (280 p.) 
 - Rethinking Development .
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> This book asks how governments in Africa can use evidence to improve their policies and programmes, and ultimately, to achieve positive change for their citizens. Looking at different evidence sources across a range of contexts, the book brings policy makers and researchers together to uncover what does and doesn’t work and why. Case studies are drawn from five countries and the ECOWAS (west African) region, and a range of sectors from education, wildlife, sanitation, through to government procurement processes. The book is supported by a range of policy briefs and videos intended to be both practical and critically rigorous. It uses evidence sources such as evaluations, research synthesis and citizen engagement to show how these cases succeeded in informing policy and practice. The voices of policy makers are key to the book, ensuring that the examples deployed are useful to practitioners and researchers alike. This innovative book will be perfect for policy makers, practitioners in government and civil society, and researchers and academics with an interest in how evidence can be used to support policy making in Africa. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003007043, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781003007043 9781000076035 9781000076110 9780367440121 9780367440077 9781000076073 9781003007043 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781003007043  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Development studies<br/>Development economics and emerging economies<br/>Public administration<br/>Regional / International studies<br/>Comparative politics<br/>Organizational theory and behaviour<br/>Research methods: general<br/>Sociology<br/>Social and ethical issues
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>National School Nutrition Programme Africa ECOWAS Region Policy Making Uganda Respondent Evidence-Informed Policy Assets Authority Public Participation Economic Policy Research Centre Decision Making Knowledge Broker Wildlife Conservation Civil Society Violence Against Women National Evaluation System Government ECOWAS Country Knowledge Broker Role ECOWAS Rapid Response Services Policy and Practice Evidence Informed Decision Making Diagnostic Review Funza Lushaka Bursary programme