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Policy research and analysis organizations: an account of recent experiences and some predicaments in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Journal of Business and Economics

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Title Policy research and analysis organizations: an account of recent experiences and some predicaments in Ethiopia
 
Creator Abebe, Mulugeta
 
Subject policy research and analysis organizations, policy analysis, bridging the gap between knowledge and policy making, institutionalization of policy analysis, Ethiopia
 
Description Drawing from interviews, archival documents and a range of other sources, this article takes stock of key public policy research and analysis organizations in Ethiopia. It sheds light on the significance of professionalization of policy analysis and its contributions to closing the gap between knowledge and policymaking, offers insights into improved policymaking, hints and lessons for better institutionalization of policy analysis and research. The paper also points to the inauspicious environment in which non-government and university based policy research organizations operate, and touches on the negligible influence that the latter have on policymaking. The central thesis of this article is, therefore, professionalization of policy analysis can achieve a measure of excellence: 1) when there is a permissive environment whereby a given policymaking system permits a constant flow of innovative policy ideas and gives access to policy relevant information; and 2) when the scholars in the policy research institutes maintain standards of objectivity, autonomy and freedom from political partisanship.Keywords: policy research and analysis organizations, policy analysis, bridging the gap between knowledge and policy making, institutionalization of policy analysis, Ethiopia
 
Publisher College of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University
 
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Date 2017-10-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejbe/article/view/161885
10.4314/ejbe.v6i1.4
 
Source Ethiopian Journal of Business and Economics (The); Vol 6, No 1 (2016); 72-87
2410-2393
2311-9772
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejbe/article/view/161885/151425
 
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