MEL practitioners and knowledge producers more generally should adopt an approach that is attuned to a realistic model of the stages of the policy process and be ready to seize windows of opportunity to apply evidence. This may require navigating competing demands, recognizing tradeoffs, and making hard choices. They should also embrace methods more appropriate for situations of deep uncertainty and complexity.
The combination of a rammed Oxford Tube, a new, gigantic (but extremely fast), work laptop and person sitting next to me scrolling through their Insta stories with the volume up is guaranteed to result in typos and a generally bleak outlook on life, but on the plus side it’s just one more week of this routine before you’re back to your usually sunny, surrounded-by-my-books in my office links.
“I hope Congress rejects the EATS Act, which would take away a critical opportunity for us small guys to rise to the occasion,” a Spring Mills resident writes.
Calling CPR "one of India’s oldest and most esteemed policy research institutions", the signatories say it has a "reputation for excellence that is second to none among international scholars".
The project cost Sri Lanka $113 million, maintenance costs are reportedly huge and annual revenue is pegged at present at around $8.2 million. When will it recover its expenditure?