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DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND IMPACT: A FEW THOUGHTS
Rachel M. Gisselquist, Research Fellow
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DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND IMPACT: A FEW THOUGHTS Rachel M. Gisselquist, Research Fellow What is impact? Impact on whom? Towards what end? What are the routes to impact? How do we know and show impact? Impact* as the contribution of
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What is impact?
Impact on whom? Towards what end? What are the routes to impact? How do we know – and show – impact?
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Impact* as
- the contribution of research ‘to society and the
economy, and its benefits to individuals,
- rganizations, and/or nations’, which can be:
– Instrumental – direct influence on policy, practice – Conceptual – in understanding, reframing debates – Capacity building (*adapted from ESRC)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPMzEkz0wAc
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‘Applied’ research
Impact is direct & concrete
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- Government/IO commissioned research, advising
- (Randomized) impact evaluations
- Evidence-based policy-making
- Technical assistance & capacity-building
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- R. Glennerster on ‘evidence in policy-making’ (2018 CSAE keynote):
From: https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/materials/conference/CSAE2018_Keynote-19Mar
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2beBUADNKQ
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Basic research
Impact is not the point, but possible
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Impact could be concrete, direct, & game-changing…or not.
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Basic Applied Research Research
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Engaged frontier research
Impact is probable, but may be diverse, diffuse, and difficult to measure
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Impact* as
- the contribution of research ‘to society and the
economy, and its benefits to individuals,
- rganizations, and/or nations’, which can be:
– Instrumental – direct influence on policy, practice – Conceptual – in understanding, reframing debates – Capacity building (*adapted from ESRC)
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In the (uncomfortable) middle…
(1) We balance between research and practice, doing our best to stay ‘on top’ of both.
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(2) We have to learn some new skills (in communications, advocacy, programme management...)
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Chart 1: Share of Working Papers (co-) authored by …
(3) We wrestle with how to conceptualize, measure, evaluate, and demonstrate impact.
2017 2016 2015 2014
Developing country researcher Female researcher Female researcher from developing country
51 61 30 62 51 28 59 53 30 66 40 19
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Part 2: Engaged frontier research in practice
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📍 Foreign aid
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🔎 Aid to fragile states
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📍 Inequality
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🔎 Group-based Inequality
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