Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the Book / Ian Goldman and Mine Pabari -- An Introduction to Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice in Africa / Ian Goldman and Mine Pabari -- Using Evidence in Africa: a framework to Assess What Works, How and Why / Laurenz Langer and Vanesa Weyrauch -- 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, Cara Waller -- 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, Stephen Taylor -- 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 -- 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, Rhona Mijumbi-Deve -- Rapidly Responding to Policy Queries with Evidence: Learning from Rapid Response Services in Uganda / Ismael Kawooya, Isaac Ddumba, Edward Kayongo, Rhona Mijumbi-Deve -- The Challenges and Potential of Evaluations to Positively Inform Reforms: Working with Producers in the Benin Agriculture Sector / Bonaventure Kouakanou, Dossa Aguemon, Marius S. Aina, Abdoulaye Gounou, Emmanuel M. David-Gnahoui -- 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, Ali Kaka -- The Contribution of Civil Society Generated Evidence to the Improvement of Sanitation Services in Ghana / Laila Smith, Dede Bedu-Addo, Awal Mohammed, Anthony Mensah -- Using Evidence for Tobacco Control in West Africa / Pape Yona Boubacar Mane, Abdoulaye Diagne, Salifou Tiemtore -- Lessons for Using Evidence in Policy and Practice / Ian Goldman and Mine Pabari.

"This book asks how governments in Africa can use evidence to improve their policies and programmes, and ultimately, to achieve positive change for their citizens. Looking at different evidence sources across a range of contexts, the book brings policy makers and researchers together to uncover what does and doesn't work and why. Case studies are drawn from 5 countries and the ECOWAS (west African) region, and a range of sectors from education, wildlife, sanitation, through to government procurement processes. The book is supported by a range of policy briefs and videos intended to be both practical and critically rigorous. The book uses evidence sources such as evaluations, research synthesis or citizen engagement, to show how these cases succeeded in informing policy and practice. The voices of policy makers are key to the book, ensuring that the examples deployed are useful to practitioners and researchers alike. This innovative book will be perfect for policy-makers, practitioners in government and civil society, and researchers and academics with an interest in how evidence can be used to support policy making in Africa"-- Provided by publisher.

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