Best Practices in Strengthening Evidence Use by Government in Education Policy and Beyond

This is a rapid research scoping review, prepared by IDS for the Queen Rania Foundation and the Jordanian Ministry of Education.

It responds to the following questions:

1. What are the intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics which encourage the use of evidence in government ministries?
2. How do governments mandate for an enabling environment around evidence and the decentralisation of decision making?
3. Where do effective research departments tend to be positioned within government departments/ministries and how are their relationships with other units established and maintained?
4. What best practice exists with respect to strategies, tools and techniques, and policies for evidence uptake?