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Opportunities, Ownership and Tailored Outputs: How to Respond to Demand for Evidence

Published by: Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative

Many international development research projects aim to influence policy and practice by providing rigorous evidence that impacts on real-life decisions. To ensure the evidence they are generating engages their target audiences, researchers need to interact with a range of different actors, processes and systems – and work through knowledge intermediaries.

Partnerships, Planning and Policy Windows: How to Engage Non-academics with International Development Research

Many international development research projects aim to go far beyond influencing academic debate - they also seek to build relationships and networks, influence attitudes and behaviours, and inform policy and practice. This Learning Guide seeks to draw out some of the key lessons on successful approaches to engaging non-academic audiences for impactful research.

Agricultural Input Subsidies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published by: IDS

Development theory has built on the historic experience of rich countries to identify a foundational role for agricultural growth in national economic development.

Operationalising the Rights Agenda: Participatory Rights Assessment in Peru and Malawi

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Throughout the 1990s, debates about human rights and development increasingly converged. With a renewed focus on poverty reduction,...

Livelihoods Research Findings and Agriculture-led Growth

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The findings of livelihoods research conducted in East Africa and Malawi demonstrate that the role of agriculture in contributing to...

Richer but Resented: What do Cash Transfers do to Social Relations?

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Cash transfers are an increasingly important component of social protection systems in most countries. Usually, cash transfers are...

Reimagining 21st Century Development in Malawi: Generating and Sharing Knowledge Beyond the Traditional Development Establishment

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Policymaking on development in Malawi has long taken place in a heavily government, NGO and donor‐run system. Policymakers are...

The Political Economy of Adaptation through Crop Diversification in Malawi

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This article demonstrates the politics of the policy processes of adaptation using the case of crop diversification. Competing...

Local Governance and Public Goods in Malawi

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This article outlines the impact of local governance institutions on public goods provision in contemporary Malawi. Three cases – on...