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.
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.
This report explores the definition and political value of evidence-informed policy making (EIPM) within the context of local government in Philippines.
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.
This reflective paper explores the reasons why there is relatively little research examining actual capacity to access, evaluate and use research evidence as a basis of deciding what skills need to be supported, and suggests methodologies that can be used to assess capacity gaps.
This report reviews the main objectives of the training and the topics and techniques covered during the sessions of a programme INASP ran in 2012 to build the training skills of a selected group of Latin American and Caribbean policy influencers.
This report provides a short analysis of nine countries (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania), at a national level, to assess their academic impact in the world.
This is a report to assess the nature and magnitude of the impact of the INASP/IDS Training Programme 'Pedagogy skills for trainers of policy makers and influencers' that sought to build the training abilities of a group of African ‘master trainers'.
This case study examines initiatives in Tanzania that enabled information literacy teaching methods to be adapted and applied to a variety of audiences.
