Institute of Development Studies

This is a draft report to share some interim findings from the study – „Information Ecosystems of Policy Actors – reviewing the landscape. This report is for general circulation on the understanding that it is a work in progress. The research was part of the Mobilising Knowledge for Development programme based funded by DFID (UK). The programme is based at IDS and works with a range of partners and collaborators to strengthen the knowledge intermediary sector. The interim findings report on face-to-face structured interviews with 368 policy actors in 4 countries – Ethiopia, Ghana, Nepal and India. The study presents data to inform key research questions. With each chapter the report makes recommendations for the knowledge intermediary sector.