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Title:Systematic Client Consultation in Development: The Case of Food Policy Research in Ghana, India, Kenya, and Mali
Authors:Babu, Suresh ChandraISNI
Brown, Lynn R.
McClafferty, Bonnie
Year:2000
Periodical:World Development
Volume:28
Issue:1
Period:January
Pages:99-110
Language:English
Geographic terms:Mali
Ghana
Kenya
Subjects:popular participation
agricultural research
food policy
Development and Technology
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Bibliography/Research
Politics and Government
Health and Nutrition
Economics and Trade
External link:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00110-2
Abstract:Too often the knowledge generated through food policy research does not become part of the local body of information and consequently is not used by policymakers. This leads to less than optimal food policies. This paper proposes that an efficient way to feed research findings into the policymaking discourse is to identify and include targeted client groups in the research process. The paper discusses the link between food policy researchers and one group of clients - food policy decisionmakers. The paper first reviews the role of research and clients in the policymaking process and proposes a conceptual framework that integrates clients into the research process. Case studies utilizing client consultation in Ghana (the impact of credit programmes on food security and nutrition), India (research on indicators of food security and nutrition), Kenya (nutritional consequences of agricultural commercialization) and Mali (the impact of credit with education for women) illustrate the hypothesis that integration of all client groups including policy decisionmakers and in-country researchers, beginning at the priority-setting stage of the research process, may best influence ultimate policy decisions. Bibliogr., sum.
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