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HONEST PROSPER NGOWI; pngowi2002@yahoo +255 754 653 740 MZUMBE UNIVERSITY DAR ES SALAAM

Quality of Policy-relevant Research in the African Context: Participatory Policy Research Perspectives. HONEST PROSPER NGOWI; pngowi2002@yahoo.com +255 754 653 740 MZUMBE UNIVERSITY DAR ES SALAAM. 1. Introduction and Context. A number of researches are conducted on and in Africa

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HONEST PROSPER NGOWI; pngowi2002@yahoo +255 754 653 740 MZUMBE UNIVERSITY DAR ES SALAAM

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  1. Quality of Policy-relevant Research in the African Context: Participatory Policy Research Perspectives HONEST PROSPER NGOWI; pngowi2002@yahoo.com +255 754 653 740 MZUMBE UNIVERSITY DAR ES SALAAM 1

  2. Introduction and Context • A number of researches are conducted on and in Africa • Few policy-relevant research works in Africa • There is inadequate participatory research practices • Supply – rather than demand-driven policy researches dominate • Results: Poor quality, little usefull policy researches • Participatory policy research: Among solutions to improve quality and usefullness of policy research

  3. Participatory Policy Research • Involves policy researchers on one hand and policy makers and policy users on the other at all reseach cycle phases • Is a policy-demand-driven rather than researcher-supply driven research process • Lack of participatory research practices leads to poor quality and poor usefullness of policy researches

  4. Towards Participatory Policy Research • Involve researchers and policy makers and users at all reseach stages: • Conceptualization and development of research themes and topics • Call for research proposals • Evaluation of research proposals • Implementation of research: Questions to Dissemination • M&E of research processes and outputs • Disseminations: What, How, when, where: Policy-friendl?

  5. Issues of Concern • Participatory policy researches are short of supply • Supply-driven rather than demand-driven research processes dominate • Level of research funding may be among the causes of the problem

  6. Ways Forward for quality and usefull policy research • Dedicated efforts for participatory policy research processes/cycle are important • Measurement of policy research quality should include its participatory nature • Policy research funding should demand and provide for participatory policy research in the whole research cycle/value chain • Walking the talks is the change-maker

  7. The End Thank You

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