SECTION II: THE CASE STUDIES
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The findings of this study are based on 23 rich case studies. As the interpretations and conclusions are inevitably based on the perspectives of the author and the other users and researchers who mined them, we thought readers would find it useful to have summaries of the cases to which to refer. The reader may find additional issues through reflection on these studies. For that reason, and for the benefit of those readers who would like to delve into the stories behind the findings in a bit more depth, summaries of all the cases are presented in this section of the book. The cases are organized here around subject matter. Table 7.1 situates them by region for the benefit of the reader with a specific geographic interest. We have attempted to cover the salient points in each case, but of course much of the rich detail included by the case study authors is necessarily truncated. For those who want even more depth, the longer studies can be found on the IDRC website at www.idrc.ca/evaluation-policy/ev-26606-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html. 
The 22 case studies featured in this book show how research has and has not had an influence on policy. Table 7.1: Summary of Case Studies by Region | Region | Subject Area | Sub-Saharan Africa | Middle East & North Africa | Asia | Latin America | Other | Poverty Monitoring | • An Interactive Policy Process Against Poverty (Senegal) | | • A New Dynamic in the Struggle Against Poverty (Bangladesh) • Enlisting Communities in the Fight Against Poverty (Philippines) • Research and Policy on Parallel Courses (Vietnam) | | | Trade and Finance | | | | • Negotiating the New World Order of International Trade | • Influencing the Global Economic Agenda (global) | Resource Management | • Battling Brain Drain (East Africa) | • Sharing the Land, Shaping the Future (Lebanon) | | • Changing the Face of Mining in Peru* | | Water Management | | • Making the Most of Scarce Resources (Jordan) | | | • A River Runs Through It (Ukraine) | | | • Searching for an Interim Irrigation Solution (Syria) • Changing Water Policy by Degrees (Tunisia) | | | | Health and Education Reform | • The TEHIP Spark Leads to Better Health (Tanzania) | | • Influencing Education Policy in Guatemala | | | Networks and Innovation | | • Patience Brings Rewards (Southeast Asia) • Promoting Traditional Knowledge (India) | | | | Information and Communication Technologies for Development | • Bringing Information Technology to the Senegalese People • Mozambique Enters the Information Age • Information and Communication Technologies Come to the Rainbow Nation (South Africa) • Bridging the Digital Divide (Uganda) | • Nepal Struggles to Enter the Information Age | | | |
Note: *This case study includes cases 7 and 11 as listed in Table 1.1.
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