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Does Research Reduce Poverty? Assessing the Welfare Impacts of Policy-oriented Research in Agriculture

Masset, M., Mulmi, R. and Sumner, A. - 01-Mar-11
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Masset, E., Mulmi, R. and Sumner, A.(2011) 'Does Research Reduce Poverty? Assessing the Welfare Impacts of Policy-oriented Research in Agriculture'

In these times of global financial crisis, every dollar spent on development research must have an impact on policy and welfare outcomes. But current understanding of the links between research and policy change is weak. This paper seeks to identify different ways of assessing the impact of 'policy-oriented' development research.

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