Foresight

Foresight exercise

An IAP research team (Sheila Moorcroft, Ronaldo Munck, Eimear Barrett, Mary Goretti Nakabugo and Niamh Gaynor) presented a draft Foresight Report [3.07 MB] to the third Maputo workshop in May 2009.

Foresight encompasses a wide range of tools and techniques to enable organisations to look to the future and take advantage of its potential, while minimising its risks. The team relied on scenarios which are plausible, internally consistent views of the future relevant to the topic at hand.

This exercise presented an understanding of research capacity building (RCB) needs based on the principle of local relevance in the African context and its applicability to poverty eradication.

The Role of Foresight in Research Capacity Building by Professor Jane Grimson and Professor Eli Katunguka-Rwakishaya 28/07/2008 (Draft) [49.64 KB]

Metrics

Draft metrics paper [133 KB] (March 2009) by Professor Jane Grimson

Other discussion papers

Development Research for Poverty Alleviation by Professor James Phelan and Professor Orlando Quilambo 25/6/2008 (Draft) [80.89 KB]

Role of Partnership in Research Capacity Building by by Professor John Saka and Dr Niamh Gaynor (Draft) [139.42 KB]

Research Capacity Building by Professor Saida Yaha-Othman and Professor Ronnie Munck [73.5 KB]