A methodology for evaluating research capacity is outlined and applied to 19 institutions in 10 countries. The indicators used are not comprehensive but are useful for evaluating the performance of existing research capacity. The results reemphasised the need to give priority to manpower recruitm...
Kowero, G.S.
,
Spilsbury, M.J.
,
[Evaluation of forestry research capacity in eastern and southern Africa]
,
Evaluation of forestry research capacity in eastern and southern Africa
The overarching objective for CIFOR is to ensure that research activities result in significant impacts. A secondary, but very important, requirement is to be able to measure and quantify impact. However, impact assessment at CIFOR is viewed as a component in the broader frame of research evaluat...
This note is part of an on-going effort to gain insights to impact assessment and research uptake literature of relevance to natural resource management-related research. It is provided more for the reference list than for the merit of the associated text that is still at an early stage. Many mor...
Spilsbury, M.J.
,
Poulsen, J.
,
[Literature review of impact assessment studies of potential application to natural resource management research (some literature resources)]
,
Literature review of impact assessment studies of potential application to natural resource management research (some literature resources)
This paper summarises some of the prevailing issues and challenges in relation to forests and water. It highlights some of the key constraints to the utilisation of existing knowledge. Hydrological processes may be well understood at a plot level, or for a single particular land use/landcover typ...
Spilsbury, M.J.
,
[Forests, water and mixed land use mosaics in developing countries: making research solutions effective]
,
Forests, water and mixed land use mosaics in developing countries: making research solutions effective
The paper applies a broad-brush perspective to policy change processes, forestry research and innovation. It considers patterns of research and impact and the impacts linked to them in developing countries. It highlights some research successes, failures opportunities and constraints in the hope ...
Efficient applied research systems are those that achieve a good match between the priority research problems and the capacity required to solve them. Effective research systems make a difference to real life problems through the timely delivery of readily utilisable research-based solutions to u...
Spilsbury, M.J.
,
Kowero, G.S.
,
Mukolwe, M.O.
,
Netzehti, A.
,
Legesse, W.W.
,
Nsengiyumva, O.
,
Kiwuso, P.
,
Sabas, E.
,
[Forest-related research capacity in Eastern Africa: Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda]
,
Forest-related research capacity in Eastern Africa: Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda