1. Bridging the gaps sector to sector and research to policy: linking family planning to urban development.
- Author
-
Harpham, Trudy, Smith, Robert, LeGrand, Tom, Cleland, John, Duminy, James, Parnell, Susan, Helzner, Judith F., Agesa, Gaye, and Kamau, Lynette
- Subjects
URBAN growth ,URBAN planning ,FAMILY planning ,FAMILY policy ,POLICY sciences - Abstract
There is growing science and policy interest in multi-sectoral action, but bridging the gap between family planning and urban development is challenging. This paper analyses the experience of integrating these sectors in sub-Saharan Africa via building research capacity. Family-planning researchers were supported to link with urban-development actors, one goal being to generate lessons on the process of getting their research into the policy domain. The urban governance sector's dynamic and complex nature was a particular challenge for family-planning researchers; in future, structured familiarisation with a sector might facilitate multi-sectoral action and better enable researchers to link with the policy world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2021
- Full Text
- View/download PDF