Policy Relevance and Implications

Work Package Leader:
Dr. Patricia Justino – Institute of Development Studies
Researchers:
Prof. Tilman Brück and Dr. Philip Verwimp – Fund for Scientific Research - University of Antwerp

Overview

The objective of this Work Package is to draw together, in a structured manner, theoretical, empirical and policy implications for the EU of the micro level work of the preceding Work Packages. It will run across the whole programme, although final outputs will only be drawn towards the end.

The Work Package will produce two separate outcomes. The first will be an edited volume, in which the theoretical and methodological framework will be set out and systematically applied and tested using evidence-based case-studies developed under the heading ‘Research and Knowledge’. This edited volume will therefore bring together in a coherent final outcome both the conceptual thinking developed throughout MICROCON, as well as its application to concrete case studies, contexts and environments.

The second outcome will be a policy handbook aimed at elucidating tangible policy implications of MICROCON’s research. The policy handbook will draw on MICROCON’s Policy Working Paper series, and will address MICROCON’s research themes. The result will aim to serve as a handbook for the whole field.