Zoom zoom zoom, capoeira mata um: communications in the age of austerity
‘Capoeira mata um’, or perhaps more accurately, ‘capoeira foi morto por um’ – at least on one sunny day last summer. Now if you’re like 99.9% of readers of...
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Value for money
Rick Davies has published an 'A-list' of documents relating to value for money in international development -although this is perfectly relevant for domestic policy concerns. One aspect of this analysis that I...
Why Think Tanks are More Effective than Anyone Else in Changing Policy
Anyone who runs or works for a think tank has had to argue the case in favour of supporting think tanks. We are seen as academics or egg heads who like to talk a lot but...
On measuring the cost effectiveness of think tanks
I am no a fan of measuring the value of think tanks by looking at website hits and press mentions but that does not mean that these do not help to tell a part of the story. This press release...
Literature Review on Rates of Return to Research
Literature Review on Rates of Return to Research. This study by Kumal Sen outlines the main challenges facing the measurement of the rate of return to research: The attribution problem -did the research...