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Networking in eHealth – A learning evaluation of the IDRC Strengthening Equity through Applied Research Capacity building in eHealth (SEARCH) programme
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March 29, 2019

In 2017 the Canadian IDRC concluded a six-year programme supporting research organisations in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lebanon, Peru and Vietnam in the development and testing of solutions to strengthen health systems through information technology. The programme under the title ‘Strengthening Equity through Applied Research Capacity building in eHealth’ (SEARCH) set out four objectives:… Read more

eHealth, health equity
Education
Social Protection
Inclusive and Special Education Approaches in Developing Countries
Helpdesk Report
February 8, 2019

The aim of this review was to present the recent evidence on the effectiveness of inclusive and special education approaches in improving learning and behavioural outcomes, with a focus on developing countries, particularly Ethiopia. One of the key difficulties surrounding inclusive education in developing countries is the lack of research about education in these countries…. Read more

inclusive education, Inclusive learning, special educational needs
Education
Private Sector Development in Countries Progressing to Peace and Prosperity
Assignment
November 22, 2018

This report focuses on the specific challenges and opportunities of states that are making two challenging concurrent transitions, away from both extreme poverty and from conflict. First, they are ‘countries where the longer term prospects of the poor to escape poverty are overall good, but not necessarily secure or sustainable, and at risk of development… Read more

Conflict, conflict-affected states, peace, Private Sector Development
Health
Water and Sanitation
Humanitarian interventions in Ethiopia responding to acute watery diarrhoea
Helpdesk Report
February 22, 2018

This rapid review has found that there are many gaps in the evidence on humanitarian responses to acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in Ethiopia, specifically in terms of necessary cross district and/or cross border co-ordination, as well as the human and financial resources needed for such aid (Fisseha, 2016; Oxfam GB, 2017; UNICEF, 2017a; OCHA Somalia,… Read more

Acute watery diarrhoea
Health
Nutrition
Humanitarian interventions for food/nutrition support in Ethiopia
Helpdesk Report
January 22, 2018

There are many evidence gaps in the delivery of humanitarian food/nutrition aid. Evaluation of the relative cost‐effectiveness of dietary response projects is confounded by the fact that different projects can have different objectives (USAID, 2015). Ethiopia has made progress in meeting emergency needs, including through the Government of Ethiopia-led Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), which… Read more

Children and Youth, Development, Health, humanitarian, Nutrition
Water and Sanitation
The Cost of Water Project
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September 18, 2017

The Cost of Water Project supports the effective planning and sustainable management of water supply systems in refugee camps and settlements. Launched in 2014 by the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Unit in DPSM’s Public Health Section in partnership with IRC, the project measures the overall costs of providing effective water systems in a variety… Read more

Financing, Sustainability, Water Services
Water and Sanitation
Sustainability Assessment of Rural Water Service Delivery Models: Findings of a Multi-Country Review
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September 18, 2017

With 2.1 billion people – mostly in rural areas – lacking safely managed drinking water and reported low rural water supply functionality rates, the Sustainable Development Goals pose a triple challenge: to reach unserved mostly rural population groups, to raise service levels, and to sustain existing and future services. This assessment uses a multi-country case… Read more

WASH, Water Policy, Water Resources
Education
Kenya comprehensive refugee programme 2014
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May 31, 2016

Kenya has been providing protection and lifesaving assistance to refugees since the 1960s. During the 1990s refugee influxes were witnessed from Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia. While returns took place as the situation improved in places of origin for Sudanese to South Sudan and Ethiopians to Ethiopia, a significant number of refugees remained and continue to… Read more

Ethiopia, Kenya, refugees, Somalia, Sudan
Education
Educate a child programme
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April 18, 2016

In 2012, a multi-year strategic partnership was initiated between UNHCR and Educate A Child (EAC), a programme of the Education Above All (EAA) foundation. Since 2012, EAC has enabled over 266,000 out-of-school refugee children to access primary school in 12 countries through UNHCR and its partners. EAC complements the roll-out of UNHCR’s Refugee Education Strategy… Read more

education for all, EFA, primary education, refugee children
Education
Evaluation of child friendly spaces: an inter-agency series of impact evaluations in humanitarian emergencies
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April 11, 2016

Child friendly spaces (CFS) have become a widely used approach to protect and provide psychosocial support to children in emergencies. However, little evidence documents their outcomes and impacts. There is widespread commitment among humanitarian agencies to strengthen the evidence base of programming. This report summarises studies on CFS in various crises: Buramino refugee camp, Ethiopia; Rwamwanja… Read more

Child-friendly practices, conflict-affected states
A report on the North South experience of doctoral training for development in Africa
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October 1, 2015

‘North-South Experiences of Doctoral Training for Development in Africa’ is a study of three models of partnership between Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and higher education institutes in six African countries. The goal of these partnerships is to deliver collaborative doctoral training programmes in global health, natural sciences and economics, to train researchers and build research… Read more

Knowledge transfer, North-South collaboration, partnerships
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