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Tracking routes towards impact:

id21 study on research to policy linkages

This study aims to assess id21's success in increasing the influence of UK-funded research within international development policy. It begins by examining the ways in which policy-makers access and employ research. The study then uses these findings to assess the validity and performance of the dissemination methods id21 currently uses.

The study draws on four primary sources:

Over 90 face to face, semi-structured interviews with existing and target potential id21 users located in South Africa, India and Uganda in April 2002
A survey of id21 email news subscribers
A survey of subscribers to id21's quarterly print review Insights
A survey of researchers, mainly based in the UK, whose research has been highlighted by id21

Field and desk research for the study was undertaken by id21 in partnership with external consultants Coe, Luetchford and Kingham. Collected data was then analysed by the external consultants, with inputs from id21, and the external consultants wrote the full report.

id21 wishes to thank all the interviewees in South Africa, India and Uganda, as well as the id21 users and researchers who contributed to the study.

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