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.
This case study looks at the growth and impact of the Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium (ZULC), and the role that INASP has played in its development.
This article looks at the approach taken to analyse the cost-effectiveness for INASP’s AuthorAID programme and reflects on the shortcomings of the method employed.
This report explores the different approaches used by the VakaYiko programme to develop capacity for the use of evidence in policy making and the lessons learned.
This case study discusses the training and mentoring programme that took place at Jimma University between 2015 and 2016 to build the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health's capacity for using evidence in policy making.
An overview of the Context Matters framework, developed by INASP and Politics & Ideas to detect and understand the critical entry points to promote the use of knowledge in public institutions.
This article discusses the Alianza Peruana para el Uso de la Evidencia (Peruvian Alliance for
the Use of Evidence) which offers lessons on network formation and on the opportunities for greater and better use of evidence in public policy.
This case study looks at the Improving Information Literacy for Urban Service Planning and Delivery Project (INFO-LIT) which was devised by Lagos-based public policy think tank the Centre for Public Policy Alternatives (CPPA).
The VakaYiko Evidence-Informed Policy Making (EIPM) Toolkit is an adaptable suite of resources created to support civil servants and parliamentary staff to use evidence in policy making in developing countries.
This report draws out some of the key themes and ideas which emerged during a roundtable held in Kenya in 2016 which focused on the research and knowledge system in the Somali regions.
This paper discusses how INASP supports library consortia and explores how consortia have grown and developed over the past three years of the Strengthening Research and Knowledge Systems (SRKS) programme, with a particular focus on Africa.
This article discusses the Working Together to Support Research (WTSR) approach piloted by INASP to stimulate collaboration between participants who are crucial to the national research system.
This article considers three of the approaches taken by AuthorAID to support early-career researchers in developing countries to communicate and publish their research: mentoring, online training and embedding research-writing courses within institutions.
