Global research, vital for economic and social progress, remains largely inaccessible due to costly paywalls and inequitable publishing models. South Africa’s 2025 G20 leadership presents an opportunity to champion transformative, inclusive reforms in research publishing.
As INASP reflects on changes in access to research over the past two decade, this evidence-informed report reviews the current access situation in the Global South and the extent to which access to e-resources published in the Global North can contribute to development impact.
This year’s all-digital annual review takes the theme of organizational change, looking back at the work of INASP and our partners over the past year ahead and looking ahead to the future.
This pack includes hand-outs used by INASP during workshops and adapted for a broader audience. They are intended as guidelines on good practice, and as ideas for journals to consider.
This case study looks at how a grant provided by INASP’s AuthorAID project in 2016 to support research writing training for Batwa graduates has helped to attract research funding.
An independent evaluation of three main aspects of the AuthorAID project reveals a positive impact on researchers’ ability to publish their research, their overall confidence and research connections,
In our 2016-2017 Annual Review we celebrate INASP’s continued work to help strengthen research and knowledge systems across the world in order to bring Southern knowledge to bear on local and global challenges.
This paper draws on literature and experience, both from the parliamentary strengthening sector and the evidence-informed policy sector, to explore information support systems in
African parliaments and the factors that shape their work.
This document provides a rapid review of the relevant literature on the research and knowledge system in Sierra Leone, and looks at the research landscape, higher education system and the extent of use of research in policy making.
