Bridging the Information Gap between Scientists and Decision Makers in the Eastern Nile

Scientific research is scarcely used for policy making (Hickey, Forest, Sandall, Lalor, & Keenan, 2013). The problem is as much a lack of communication of research results as a mismatch between the information produced by scientists and the information needed by the decision maker (Hickey et al., 2013; Timmerman, 2004). This information gap is a...