A growing number of academics are engaging in collaborative research projects with development organizations and policy makers. Increasingly, this includes efforts to co-produce research, rather than simply share information. These new ways of doing research raise important ethical and practical issues that are rarely discussed but deserve attention. Sub- Saharan Africa is the region of the world in which these new approaches are particularly prevalent, and one where the challenges created by those approaches tend to manifest in distinct or acute ways. In this Research Note, we draw on a collaborative research project with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy to illuminate these difficulties. We also offer suggestions for how to manage the challenges that arise when academics conduct research with policy makers and development organizations. Ensuring that such collaborations are both effective and ethical is not easy, but it must be done if we are to develop better informed policy and scholarship.

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与非洲发展组织和政策制定者合作的潜力和陷阱

越来越多的学者正在与发展组织和政策制定者开展合作研究项目。这越来越多地包括共同开展研究，而不是简单地共享信息。这些新的研究方法提出了很少讨论但值得关注的重要伦理和实践问题。撒哈拉以南非洲是这些新方法特别盛行的地区，而且这些方法所带来的挑战往往以独特或尖锐的方式表现出来。在本研究笔记中，我们利用与威斯敏斯特民主基金会的合作研究项目来阐明这些困难。我们还就如何应对学术界与政策制定者和发展组织进行研究时出现的挑战提供建议。