Research use |
Research not always used to inform policy and practice decisions | [48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56] |
Examples of LMIC researchers successfully getting evidence used | [43, 48, 49] |
Factors influencing KT |
Researchers’ reputation/credibility/contextual understanding | [32, 49, 50, 57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68, 127] |
Relevance and credibility of research evidence | [32, 49, 50, 53, 54, 58, 60, 62,63,64,65,66,67, 70,71,72, 127] |
Contrasting views, demands and incentives among researchers and policy-makers in relation to research, its use, policy actor roles and policy-making | [32, 49, 50, 57, 59,60,61, 67, 70, 73,74,75,76,77,78] |
Nature of policy issues (technical versus contested versus interest of policy-maker) | [49, 58,59,60,61,62, 67, 70, 76, 79] |
Political context | [32, 48,49,50,51, 53, 58, 59, 62, 64, 67, 80, 81, 127] |
Decision-makers’ research background | [51, 55, 57, 65, 77] |
Donor influence | [51, 54, 55, 57,58,59,60, 70, 71, 127] |
International influence, e.g. WHO | [54, 58, 59, 65, 67, 70, 71, 75, 77, 80, 82,83,84] |