Ideas to action: independent research for global prosperity
Search
Filters:
Experts
Facet Toggle
Topics
Facet Toggle
Content Type
Facet Toggle
Publication Type
Facet Toggle
Article Type
Facet Toggle
Event Type
Facet Toggle
Time Frame
Facet Toggle
Time Frame
Facet Toggle
CGD NOTES
October 10, 2024
The World Health Summit (WHS) this month will convene global health leaders to discuss strategies for “Building Trust for a Healthier World.” In this paper we explore the link between trust and access to evidence in global health and offer recommendations for action for global health leaders.
POLICY PAPERS
October 08, 2024
In today’s digitally interconnected world, the swift exchange of knowledge and research should be commonplace and should drive substantial advancements in health, well-being, and prosperity globally. Yet our current research publishing system is holding us back, deliberately restricting access to re...
Blog Post
October 08, 2024
The G20, representing nearly 90 percent of global research spending, is uniquely positioned to drive reforms in the research publishing system through harmonised Open Access policies. Open Access policies, which require free, immediate access to research, can transform the way knowledge is shared gl...
Blog Post
October 08, 2024
Global challenges call for global solutions—imagine the chaos if there was no international cooperation on climate change or trade. Yet, despite the fact that every nation funds, conducts, and benefits from research together worth $1 trillion, our research publishing system remains deeply flawed, wi...
BRIEFS
July 24, 2024
The movement towards Open Access research is part of a broader vision for Open Science, championed by multilateral initiatives, notably UNESCO, and various G20 convenings. While this movement has achieved some progress by reducing paywalls, gains have been modest and slow and, more importantly, have...
Blog Post
March 27, 2024
Today marks a significant milestone as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) announces a new Open Access policy, representing a departure from traditional practices. This policy will cease support for individual article publishing fees, known as APCs, and mandate the use of preprints while advo...
CGD NOTES
March 26, 2024
This note further unpacks why research publishing reform should be a global priority using the Importance-Tractability-Neglectedness (ITN) framework—a framework that estimates the value of allocating marginal resources to solving a problem, considering its significance, feasibility for intervention,...
POLICY PAPERS
September 05, 2023
The G20 is well placed to provide the leadership needed to ensure that research is a global public good by elevating the discourse on research publishing reform and acknowledging that this is not merely a niche concern for researchers but an important global challenge that underpins human progress.
Blog Post
April 13, 2021
Research findings are most impactful when considered a global public good, accessible by anyone, and, for publicly funded research, there is no reason why this should not be the case. The current research publishing system—dominated by a number of large for-profit publishers—is expensive and ineffec...