Global knowledge networks and international development : bridges across boundaries / by Simon Maxwell and Diane Stone -- Bridging research and policy in international development : context, evidence, and links / by Julius Court and John Young -- The impact of economic policy research : lessons on attribution and evaluation from IFPRI / by Jim Ryan and James Garrett -- Power and ideas : economics and global development policy / by Desmond Mcneill -- Knowledge-based aid : a new way of networking or a new North-South divide? / by Kenneth King -- Knowledge networks and global policy / by Diane Stone -- Creating the global development network : an exercise in institutional theory and practice / by Sarah Clarke and Lyn Squire -- Networking across borders : South Asian research network (SARN) -- On gender, law, and governance / by Shirin M. Rai -- Confluence and influence : building policy capacities in research networks / by Fred Carden and Stephanie Neilson -- Research for reconstruction in Africa : challenges for policy communities and coalitions / by Pamela Mbabazi, Sandra J MacLean, and Timothy M. Shaw -- From civil society development to policy research : the transformation of the Soros network and its Roma policies / by Andrea Krizsán and violetta zentai.