Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) research projects attempt to achieve impact by promoting the uptake of research findings across differing ‘impact pathways’. Some CIFOR research outputs are tailored to specific local situations, however many more research outputs are intended to...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Bose, P.
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[Influencing the global forest policy agenda: an evaluation of CIFOR's research]
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Influencing the global forest policy agenda: an evaluation of CIFOR's research
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Nasi, Robert
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[The interface of policy research and the policy development process: challenges posed to the forestry community]
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The interface of policy research and the policy development process: challenges posed to the forestry community
In 1997/98 a survey of nine forestry institutions in the West and Central Africa countries of Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon and Benin was conducted. The survey methodology utilises ten indicators of research capacity that facilitate comparisons across the survey sample. General t...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Kowero, G.S.
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Tchala-Abina, F
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[Capacity for forestry research in selected countries of West and Central Africa]
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Capacity for forestry research in selected countries of West and Central Africa
Funding agencies expect policy researchers to show that their efforts have a measurable impact. This poses a considerable challenge. It was traditionally thought that research influences policy directly and that specific policies can be traced back to particular research findings. However, many a...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[The influence of research and publications on conventional wisdom and policies affecting forests]
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The influence of research and publications on conventional wisdom and policies affecting forests
Spilsbury, M.J.
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[CIFOR. The sustainability of forest management: assessing the impact of CIFOR criteria and indicators research]
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CIFOR. The sustainability of forest management: assessing the impact of CIFOR criteria and indicators research
This paper applies a broad-brush perspective to forestry research, innovation and research capacity in developing countries and the impacts linked to it. The authors reflect upon successes and failures in the hope of improving the focus and relevance of future efforts and highlight emerging resea...
Spilsbury, M.J.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Forestry research, innovation and impact in developing countries - from economic efficiency to the broader public good]
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Forestry research, innovation and impact in developing countries - from economic efficiency to the broader public good
In 1995 a survey of research capacity was conducted at institutions undertaking forestry-related research in the SADC countries. This document presents a review of the methods available for the assessment of research capacity and summarizes previous efforts to assess research capacity in the regi...
Kowero, G.S.
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Spilsbury, M.J.
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[Capacity for Forestry Research in the Southern African Development Community]
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Capacity for Forestry Research in the Southern African Development Community
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.
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Poulsen, J.
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[Literature review of impact assessment studies of potential application to natural resource management research (some literature resources)]
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Literature review of impact assessment studies of potential application to natural resource management research (some literature resources)
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 ...