Using evidence in policy and practice :  lessons from Africa / 
editado por Ian Goldman and Mine Pabari. -- 
 - Nova York :  Routledge,  2021. 
 - 253 p. 
<br/><br/> 1. Introduction to the book - Ian Goldman and Mine Pabari  2. An introduction to evidence-informed policy and practice in Africa - Ian Goldman and Mine Pabari   3. Using evidence in Africa: a framework to assess what works, how and why - Laurenz Langer and Vanesa Weyrauch  4. Mere compliance or learning - M&E culture in the public service of Benin, Uganda and South Africa - Ian Goldman, Wole Olaleye, Stanley Sixolile Ntakumba, Mokgoropo Makgaba and Cara Waller   5. Using evaluations to inform policy and practice in a government department: the case of the Department of Basic Education in South Africa - Nedson Pophiwa, Carol Nuga Deliwe, Jabulani Mathe and Stephen Taylor  6. Use of evidence in a complex social programme: case of an evaluation of the state's response to violence against women and children in South Africa - Matodzi M. Amisi, Thabani Buthelezi and Siza Magangoe   7. The influence of local ownership and politics of the use of evaluations in policy making: the case of the public procurement evaluation in Uganda - Ismael Kawooya, Timothy Lubanga, Abdul Muwanika, Edwin Muhumuza and Rhona Mijumbi-Deve  8. Rapidly responding to policy queries with evidence: learning from Rapid Response Services in Uganda - Ismael Kawooya, Isaac Ddumba, Edward Kayongo and Rhona Mijumbi-Deve   9. The potential and the challenges of evaluations to positively influence reforms: working with producers in the Benin agricultural sector - Bonaventure Kouakanou, Dossa Aguemon, Marius S. Aina, Abdoulaye Gounou and Emmanuel M. David-Gnahoui   10. Parliament and public participation in Kenya: the case of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act 2013 - Mine Pabari, Yemeserach Tessema, Amina Abdalla, Judi Wakhungu, Ahmed Hassan Odhowa and Ali Kaka  11. The contribution of civil society generated evidence to the improvement of sanitation servicesin Ghana - Laila Smith, Dede Bedu-Addo, Mohammed Awal and Anthony Mensah   12. Using evidence for tobacco control in West Africa - Papa Yona Boubacar Mane, Abdoulaye Diagne and Salifou Tiemtore   13. Lessons for using evidence in policy and practice - Ian Goldman and Mine Pabari   Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780367440077 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Políticas Públicas - África <br/>Política Social - África <br/>Política Econômica - África