Comment les acteurs publics contribuent à l’impact de la recherche dans les pays en développement

摘要

Public actors involved in public policies, located across several levels of territories, hold a significant place in innovation mechanisms. The analysis framework of “impact pathway” helps to characterize the involvement of these public actors, together, upstream or downstream of researchers and other actors in the impact of research processes. This framework was complemented by a literature review on the impact of research on public policy. The crosscutting study of a panel of agricultural research cases using the same analytical approach allowed for a better understanding of the roles of public actors in developing countries’ research. By very diverse means, public actors contribute to make the impact of research for development possible. In symmetry, in a few cases, researchers improve the capacities of public actors, support them for in policy-making and thus influence public policies. It is necessary to encourage public actors to be more receptive to research; and researchers to develop interactions with policymakers. Knowledge about the research–policy link needs to be deepened as it can help research to have more impact for development.