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Institutional learning and change: a review of concepts and principles Policy Brief 21

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Title Institutional learning and change: a review of concepts and principles Policy Brief 21
 
Creator Hall, A
Raina, R
Sulaiman, V R
Clark, N
Prasad, S
Naik, G
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description To improve the performance of agricultural research, many
international and national research organisations have embarked
on impact assessment exercises. These exercises have estimated
technology adoption and economic rates of return to research
investments. Such exercises in ICAR have contributed to
accountability, and provided evidence on whether public funds
have been spent judiciously. However, for evaluation to be
effective, it must encompass both accountability and learning
objectives. It appears that less emphasis has been given to the
latter. Hall et al (2003a) state that impact assessment efforts
(in international research arenas) have not yielded desired results
because of the weak diagnostic power of commonly used impact
assessment techniques. These techniques fail to recognise
research as a complex process of interactions shaped by the habits
and practices of those involved which are critical for improving
research performance.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2005
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5280/1/Hall-NCAP-pb21.pdf
Hall, A and Raina, R and Sulaiman, V R and Clark, N and Prasad, S and Naik, G (2005) Institutional learning and change: a review of concepts and principles Policy Brief 21. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.