This book focuses on the factors that affect the influence research has on policy and practice in international development and how research and policy can be bridged more effectively for poverty reduction. This book includes contributions from senior policymakers in international development, and four case studies by experienced researchers dealing with African politics, poverty reduction, primary education, aid and finance. Diane Stone of the Politics and International Studies of the University of Warwick and Marie Curie, Chair of the Central European University state that this study gives a powerful reminder of how research can be carried out and what can be done the research. It is a manifesto for policy entrepreneurship