Publications

INASP and Politics & Ideas’ Context Matters Framework was used to analyse factors affecting use of evidence in Ghana's Environmental Protection Agency, identify areas for improvement, and develop a plan for change.

Between November and December 2017, the INASP Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team conducted an evaluation of the “AuthorAID embedding” project

Stronger teams and strategic focus help African library consortia plan for long-term sustainability

Initiative started in Africa now providing international standards for publishing quality across Global South

Media engagement helps share research from the Global South

Strengthening institutional-level use of evidence in decision making

This article looks at how INASP has developed an online embedding approach through AuthorAID in Tanzania, Ghana, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

This case study reports on the impact of evidence-informed policy making training developed through the VakaYiko project and the impact of this training on the Research, Statistics and Information Management Directorate of Ghana’s Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations.

This piece looks at the results of a survey conducted by INASP in 2014 concerning the scholarly communication sector in Bangladesh.

A briefing paper to inform a consultation to identify ways to strengthen research communication in Ghana.

This review exercise aims to build an understanding of how parliamentarians in Ghana obtain information to make decisions.

This report reflects upon and documents the ways in which the VakaYiko consortium has sought to establish and maintain engagement with government institutions at different levels in Ghana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

A report on a 2014 survey that was carried out to research the state of scholarly publishing in Bangladesh.

This strategy seeks to define the scope and approach of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of VakaYiko EIPM training courses in Ghana and Zimbabwe.

This review was conducted by The Ghana Information Network for Knowledge Sharing (GINKS), as part of the VakaYiko consortium to gain insight into the Ghana Civil Service Training Centre (CSTC).

In this case study Hasina Afroz, University Librarian at BRAC University, outlines the changes that were made over the course of seven years to significantly improve BRAC University Library with the aim of developing a 21st Century world-class knowledge resource centre.

In this case study Govinda Bhandari demonstrates how the support of a strong research community and an easy-to-use publishing platform can combine to make a significant impact.

In this case study Haseeb Md. Irfanullah describes his experience as an AuthorAID mentor and why passionate mentors and enthusiastic researchers are instrumental to developing a strong research culture.

This report presents findings from a bibliometric analysis of the 26 most productive African countries in Scopus between 1996-2009.

In this case study Haseeb Md. Irfanullah describes how publishing the Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy through the Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL) had a significant impact on the quality and visibility of the journal.