Dr Shamprasad Pujar from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) talking about a paper that he and Catherine Fisher from IDS have been working on entitled Stimulating Demand for Research: Exploring Cultures of Information Use in South Asia. You can view the full paper at http://bit.ly/qanIgY

1. Stimulating Demand for Research: Exploring Cultures of Information Use in South Asia Shamprasad Pujar Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India and Catherine Fisher Institute of Development Studies, UK Working Group on Information Management Session-3 Joint EADI 13 th General Conference and DSA Annual Conference University of York 19 th – 22 nd September 2011

2. Our Understanding of “Demand” For me demand is a sking for research. Oh! for me it is the value placed on research Shamprasad Catherine

3. What does this paper Explore?

4. Issues around Demand for Research Political Context Institutional Factors Individual Factors Organizational Context

5. Demand for Research in South Asia Tendency of governments to commission their own Research Role of Information Intermediary Organizations Broader acceptance of involvement of Academics in government Broader attitudes towards information use in society Impact of International Organizations Impact of Civil Society