Does everyone really support evidence based policy? Yet, when asked, virtually everyone says they support evidence-based policy. There has been considerable interest and debate recently on the use of evidence in policy development, sparked perhaps by a view that some governments overly rely on ideology rather than evidence to make policy decisions.Does policy development need to be based on evidence? First, it helps clarify exactly what we mean that policy development needs to be based on evidence and how one actually goes about doing it; and, Second, such a discussion helps clarify the distinction between basing policy decisions on evidence and creating evidence to support a policy decision already made.What are evidence briefs for policy? The Evidence Briefs for Policy (EBP) are research syntheses in a user-friendly format, offering evidence informed policy options. The EBP is to convince the target audience of the urgency of the current problem and the need to adopt the preferred alternatives or strategies of intervention.How should scientists present evidence to policymakers? When presenting evidence to policymakers, scientists and other experts need to engage with the policy process that exists, not the one we wish existed. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee hearing evidence from Professor Brian Cox on Tuesday 15 September 2015.
evidence for policy design India's monetary policy financially inclusive by design: RBI Deputy Governor Patra Financial inclusion appears to have gone up, with the level of the RBI's financial inclusion index rising from 49.9 in March 2019 to 53.1 in March 2020 and further to 53.9 in March 2021, Patra said