This resource corner builds on Issue 35 of Capacity.Org journal, which focused on the capacities required to link evidence-based policies and practices for development. In addition to core research and analytical capabilities (the evidence base) for effective development action, this resource corner explores a range of crucial, but often neglected, capacities that are needed to drive the research message home. These include how to: identify and understand the key stakeholders in the policymaking process; adapt to the dynamics of the political debate; get the timing right in disseminating research results; and communicate in a language that policymakers can understand.