Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global knowledge networks and international development : bridges across boundaries / Simon Maxwell and Diane Stone -- Bridging research and policy in international development : context, evidence, and links / Julius Court and John Young -- The impact of economic policy research : lessons on attribution and evaluation from IFPRI / Jim Ryan and James L. Garrett -- Power and ideas : economics and global development policy / Desmond Mcneill -- Knowledge-based aid : a new way of networking or a new North-South divide? / Kenneth King -- Knowledge networks and global policy / Diane Stone -- Creating the global development network : an exercise in institutional theory and practice / Sarah Clarke and Lyn Squire -- Networking across borders : South Asian research network (SARN) on gender, law, and governance / Shirin M. Rai -- Confluence and influence : building policy capacities in research networks / Fred Carden and Stephanie Neilson -- Research for reconstruction in Africa : challenges for policy communities and coalitions / Pamela K. Mbabazi, Sandra J. MacLean, and Timothy M. Shaw -- From civil society development to policy research : the transformation of the Soros Foundations Network and its Roma policies / by Andrea Krizsán and Violetta Zentai.