3ie Grantees Communication for

Policy Influence ClinicNegombo, Sri Lanka 16th – 18th July 2012

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The programme

• Monday– Introductions– Experience sharing– Policy objectives and Theories of Change– Using research to influence Policy– Stakeholder engagement: AIIM matrix– Defining key messages– Dinner with Mr V Sivangnanasothy

• Tuesday– Defining key messages and arguments– Communicating IEs– How to write a policy brief– Other communication tools:

• Working with the media• Writing bolgs

– Monitoring and Evaluation• Wednesday

– Peer assists on IEs– Surgery time– Closing session

Speed Networking:

How IEs can influence policy

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How IEs can influence policy

• Bhibu Prasad Mohapatra: An impact evaluation of information disclosure on elected representatives’ performance: Evidence from rural and urban India.

• A study of 3 influential IEs• Discussion

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Some IE Examples

• Progresa-Oportunidades (2004)– IFPRI – Mexican Government– Direct impact on programme– Popularised RCTs

• Deworming in Kenya (2004)– International Child Support Africa + Kenyan

Government– JPAL

• Microcredit in Bangladesh (2008)– Highly contested– Political controversy re Microcredit