On 1st may odi will officially launch a new practical book focused on understanding how knowledge policy and power interact to promote or prevent change in international development this launch event provides an opportunity to discuss the books findings and recommendations with experts from the global south and north as well as consider ways in which these aspects can be taken forward practically. Understanding how to improve this flow of knowledge is the aim of a guide published by odi with policy press on knowledge policy and power in international development as our understanding of the way knowledge influences policy has grown so too has the complexity of the policy arena international development has come under pressure from donor budgets under the accountability agenda and an increased emphasis on multiple layers of governance models of the policy process have evolved to . Knowledge policy and power in international development a practical guide this book presents an academically rigorous yet practical guide to efforts to understand how knowledge policy and power interact to promote or prevent change it offers a power analysis perspective on the knowledge policy process illustrated with rich empirical examples . This book presents an academically rigorous yet practical guide to efforts to understand how knowledge policy and power interact to promote or prevent changeit offers a power analysis perspective on the knowledge policy process illustrated with rich empirical examples from the field of international development combined with practical guidance on the implications of such an approach. This book presents an academically rigorous yet practical guide to efforts to understand how knowledge policy and power interact to promote or prevent changeit offers a power analysis perspective on the knowledge policy process illustrated with rich empirical examples from the field of international development combined with practical guidance on the implications of such an approach