Knowing and Doing Between the Academic and Policy Worlds in Development Assistance
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 27, Heft 7, S. 1294-1311
ISSN: 1099-1328
AbstractPolicy professionals overseeing the provision of development assistance and their critical academic counterparts are often at odds with each other. Although many agree that it is useful to deal with this tension, current efforts to do so tend to exhort each to be more like the other under the rhetoric of 'evidence‐based policy'. Meanwhile, the differences between these players are kept alive by mutual misunderstandings that can border upon stereotyping. This paper reflects on this situation from the perspective of the critical academic and offers an enhanced understanding of key positions and misapprehensions to contribute to a foundation for improved relationships. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.