?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5280%2F&rft.title=Institutional+learning+and+change%3A+a+review+of+concepts+and+principles+Policy+Brief+21&rft.creator=Hall%2C+A&rft.creator=Raina%2C+R&rft.creator=Sulaiman%2C+V+R&rft.creator=Clark%2C+N&rft.creator=Prasad%2C+S&rft.creator=Naik%2C+G&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=To+improve+the+performance+of+agricultural+research%2C+many%0D%0Ainternational+and+national+research+organisations+have+embarked%0D%0Aon+impact+assessment+exercises.+These+exercises+have+estimated%0D%0Atechnology+adoption+and+economic+rates+of+return+to+research%0D%0Ainvestments.+Such+exercises+in+ICAR+have+contributed+to%0D%0Aaccountability%2C+and+provided+evidence+on+whether+public+funds%0D%0Ahave+been+spent+judiciously.+However%2C+for+evaluation+to+be%0D%0Aeffective%2C+it+must+encompass+both+accountability+and+learning%0D%0Aobjectives.+It+appears+that+less+emphasis+has+been+given+to+the%0D%0Alatter.+Hall+et+al+(2003a)+state+that+impact+assessment+efforts%0D%0A(in+international+research+arenas)+have+not+yielded+desired+results%0D%0Abecause+of+the+weak+diagnostic+power+of+commonly+used+impact%0D%0Aassessment+techniques.+These+techniques+fail+to+recognise%0D%0Aresearch+as+a+complex+process+of+interactions+shaped+by+the+habits%0D%0Aand+practices+of+those+involved+which+are+critical+for+improving%0D%0Aresearch+performance.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5280%2F1%2FHall-NCAP-pb21.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hall%2C+A+and+Raina%2C+R+and+Sulaiman%2C+V+R+and+Clark%2C+N+and+Prasad%2C+S+and+Naik%2C+G++(2005)+Institutional+learning+and+change%3A+a+review+of+concepts+and+principles+Policy+Brief+21.++Documentation.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++