How do international inequalities in funding, institutional support and research capacity affect the production of social science knowledge? New data on the political economy of research in Latin America shows that funding for social science is organized in sharply contrasting ways across...

This paper provides a comparative analysis of five countries which have sought to institutionalize government-wide monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems. Among the many lessons are the strong advantages of having high-level support, and the benefits of coordination among different stakeholders...