Institutional Capacity to Generate HPSR

• Challenges of funding – low total funding; unsteady funding and over-reliance on international sources, implications for sustainability of HPSR research institutions

• Human resource challenges – lack of critical mass of HPSR researchers; HPSR researchers scattered across institutions; difficulty in retaining HPSR researchers when competing with international organisations/consultancy firms

Enablers and barriers to evidence-informed decision-making

• Enablers

○ early engagement of decision-makers in research process

○ creating awareness among decision-makers of available research

○ trust between researchers and decision-makers

○ research perceived as topical and timely by decision-makers

○ research dissemination in formats appropriate for decision-makers

° providing technical skills to decision-makers in interpreting evidence, including through on-going training

• Barriers

○ lack of technical capacity among decision-makers to interpret evidence

○ research dissemination in formats difficult to read and interpret

○ research that is not seen as timely or relevant