A few months ago I wrote about this interesting programme by AusAid in Indonesia. Here is a site with all the diagnostic studies they undertook. The programme is a good idea but I’d like to focus your attention on the range of studies undertaken. It would be fantastic if all donors did this BEFORE funding any policy research programme (large or small) in a country. These studies should inform all future policy research work in Indonesia -they should act as a sort of baseline (with more specific ones required for policy research programmes in particular sectors). From the programme page:
The proposed ‘Revitalising Indonesia’s Knowledge Sector for Development Policy‘ program aims to enable Indonesian policy-makers to make contestable, evidence-informed decisions on how best to spend national budgetary resources in ways that help the poor. It will support the domestic supply of knowledge products to inform policy, as well as the ability of decision makers to use those products to inform their policy choices.
Design document
- Revitalizing Indonesia’s Knowledge Sector for Development Policy—Design Document [PDF 1.2mb]
Revitalizing Indonesia’s Knowledge Sector for Development Policy—Design Document [Word 900kb]
- Diagnostics commissioned for Revitalising Indonesia’s Knowledge Sector for Development Policy [PDF 89kb]
Diagnostics commissioned for Revitalising Indonesia’s Knowledge Sector for Development Policy [Word 35kb]
- Economic Factors Underpinning Constraints in Indonesia’s Knowledge Sector [PDF 342kb]
Economic Factors Underpinning Constraints in Indonesia’s Knowledge Sector [Word 684kb]
- Study of the role of Indonesian Government research units (‘Balitbang’) in bridging research and development policy [PDF 401kb]
Study of the role of Indonesian Government research units (‘Balitbang’) in bridging research and development policy [Word 279kb]
- Study of the role of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in bridging between research and development policy [PDF 605kb]
Study of the role of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in bridging between research and development policy [Word 1.2mb]
- Diagnostic on evidence-based public policy formulation under decentralisation [PDF 354kb]
Diagnostic on evidence-based public policy formulation under decentralisation [Word 375kb]
- Study of knowledge needs and supply constraints for gender research in Indonesia’s knowledge sector [PDF 842kb]
Study of knowledge needs and supply constraints for gender research in Indonesia’s knowledge sector [Word 1.6mb]
- Overview of the Indonesian knowledge sector [PDF 777kb]
Overview of the Indonesian knowledge sector [Word 1.3mb]
- Review of social science capacity building support to Indonesia’s knowledge sector [PDF 226kb]
Review of social science capacity building support to Indonesia’s knowledge sector [Word 352kb]
- Comparative experiences of middle income countries [PDF 2mb]
Comparative experiences of middle income countries [Word 2.8mb]
- The political economy of policy-making in Indonesia—Opportunities for improving the demand and use of knowledge [PDF 815kb]
The political economy of policy-making in Indonesia—Opportunities for improving the demand and use of knowledge [Word 2.2mb]
- The SMERU Research Institute: History and lessons learned [PDF 344kb]
The SMERU Research Institute: History and lessons learned [Word 1mb]