How are Research for Development Programmes Implementing and Evaluating Equitable Partnerships to Address Power Asymmetries?

Snijder, Mieke, Steege, Rosie, Callander, Michelle, Wahome, Michel, Rahman, M Feisal, Apgar, Marina, Theobald, Sally, Bracken, Louise J, Dean, Laura, Mansaray, Bintu, Saligram, Prasanna, Garimella, Surekha, Arthurs-Hartnett, Sophia, Karuga, Robinson, Mejía Artieda, Adriana Elizabeth, Chengo, Victoria and Ateles, Joanes (2023) 'How are Research for Development Programmes Implementing and Evaluating Equitable Partnerships to Address Power Asymmetries?'. The European Journal of Development Research, Vol 35, pp. 351-379.

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Abstract

The complexity of issues addressed by research for development (R4D) requires collaborations between partners from a range of disciplines and cultural contexts. Power asymmetries within such partnerships may obstruct the fair distribution of resources, responsibilities and benefits across all partners. This paper presents a cross-case analysis of five R4D partnership evaluations, their methods and how they unearthed and addressed power asymmetries. It contributes to the field of R4D partnership evaluations by detailing approaches and methods employed to evaluate these partnerships. Theory-based evaluations deepened understandings of how equitable partnerships contribute to R4D generating impact and centring the relational side of R4D. Participatory approaches that involved all partners in developing and evaluating partnership principles ensured contextually appropriate definitions and a focus on what partners value. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41287-023-00578-w. [Abstract copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.]

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 20.5 Research (General) WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General)
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-023-00578-w
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Pubrouter
Depositing User:	JISC Pubrouter
Date Deposited:	21 Mar 2023 14:11
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2023 10:47
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/22133

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