evidence-based policy

Around the world, governments are under pressure to improve learning outcomes. There is now an unprecedented wealth of research, yet this rarely reaches the people making decisions. The sector needs to shift from producing evidence for governments to generating it with them. True progress lies not only in discovering what works, but in building systems that learn, adapt, and implement at scale.

Here’s the research and opinion I have been reading on the research to policy pipeline

Scaling evidence-based education programmes requires identifying the non-negotiable components that drive impact and adapting everything else to fit within government systems. Sustainable gains depend on embedding the underlying principles into polic...

The evidence to policy process is a black box. The new Policymakers Lab is trying to fix that by creating a global network of public servants to generate evidence-driven insights for policymaking.

Is evidence-based policymaking dead? In an age of populism, how can we ensure that facts and evidence still matter in policymaking and international development?

To identify effective policies that can scale, a third option should be added to traditional A/B tests, that accounts for the realities of a programme implemented at scale. By flipping the traditional research and policy-development model, researcher...

What is the role of evidence in effective humanitarian aid? Where do humanitarian actors want more research? How do they currently incorporate evidence into their programmes?

Better evidence doesn't necessarily translate into better policy. This podcast outlines how researchers can more effectively present their insights.

Evidence from a decade of International Growth Centre research projects sheds light on the types of research that have policy impact, and when impact is maximised.