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Join Dr. Sheila Tolentino Barbosa, from the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) as she talks about the Public Policy Catalogue...
Pathways to Development is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together empirical and historical research by economists,...
Political polarisation is a prominent feature of democratic backsliding around the world and one of the greatest challenges of...
20 August 2024
21 June 2024
Published by: Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea)
The use of scientific knowledge to support policy has been a debated issue since the emergence of the field of policy analysis (Lerner and Lasswell, 1951; Weiss, 1979). More recently, the evidence-based policy approach (EBP) resumes and extends this debate by advocating for public decision-makers to use scientific evidence about “what works” to improve policy. On the one hand, EBP renews belief in the precepts of instrumental rationality and scientific neutrality as the foundation of policy decisions (Davies, Nutley and Smith, 2000). However, on the other hand, it catalyzes criticism from different analytical schools, such as the argumentative and post-structuralist ones, which provide the basis for different arguments about what would inform and provide the basis for policy. This chapter seeks to explore some of these arguments.
13 June 2024
12 June 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This report synthesises findings on accountability and citizen–state relations in Bangladesh from the Covid-19 Learning, Evidence and Research Programme in Bangladesh (CLEAR).
28 February 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Recent studies of the Covid-19 pandemic have found that millions in Bangladesh fell into poverty during this time, and they were unable to recover to their pre-pandemic economic position. This study draws on qualitative panel data collected from 39 new-poor households in Khulna, coping with pandemic-induced shocks and attempting to come out of poverty.
22 August 2023
17 August 2023