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Smart Cities and COVID-19: Implications for Data Ecosystems from Lessons Learned in India
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March 26, 2021

This brief distils best data practice recommendations through consideration of key issues involved in the use of technology for surveillance, fact-checking and coordinated control during crisis or emergency response in resource constrained urban contexts. We draw lessons from how data enabled technologies were used in urban COVID-19 response, as well as how standard implementation procedures… Read more

Social Protection
Child Labour in South Asia: Assessing the Effectiveness of Interventions
Assignment
September 24, 2020

The Asia Pacific region has the highest numbers of both slavery and child labour victims in the world. Although there is a growing body of research and evaluations on specific sub-sectors and interest in the worst forms of labour exploitation, there has not yet been a systematic scoping or synthesis of studies that would help… Read more

Child labour, Modern Slavery
Social Protection
Human Trafficking in South Asia: Assessing Effectiveness of Interventions
Assignment
September 24, 2020

The Asia Pacific region has the highest numbers of both slavery and child labour victims in the world. Although there is a growing body of research and evaluations on specific sub-sectors and interest in the worst forms of labour exploitation, there has not yet been a systematic scoping or synthesis of studies that would help… Read more

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COVID-19 Book of Five: Response and Containment Measures for ANM, ASHA, AWW
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April 15, 2020

in January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Since then WHO has declared it as a Pandemic affecting more than 115 countries around the globe. India witnessed its first COVID-19 case in Kerala on… Read more

COVID-19
Health
Understanding the role of Indian frontline workers in preventing and managing COVID-19
Blog
April 6, 2020

This originally appeared on the Oxford Policy Management website. Examining the barriers and facilitators needed to support front line workers critical to community prevention and management of COVID-19. A key strategy for managing COVID-19 is mitigating community transmission via awareness and preventive methods, for which it is critical to strengthen frontline worker (FLW) preparedness. This… Read more

COVID-19
Education
System scaling in Delhi
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July 19, 2019

A ‘learning partner’ formative evaluation of StiR Education’s Intrinsic Motivation model STiR Education’s scaling model is predicated on delivering through the system, not just working alongside it. There are no parallel programme delivery structures: STiR works directly with system level roles at the middle tier, including Teacher Development Coordinators (TDCs) and Mentor Teachers (MTs). The… Read more

education scaling, education system, scaling, system scaling
Education
Innovation and achievement: the work of four not-for-profit school groups
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July 17, 2019

This report examines four not-for-profit school chains, run by non-governmental organisations in low-income contexts. These are Fe y Alegría, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (better known by its acronym BRAC), Gyan Shala and Zambia Open Community Schools. These school chains have succeeded in reaching marginalised students and expanding access to hard-to-reach groups. The evidence also… Read more

achievement, Innovation, non-profit, not-for-profit school groups
Health
Exploring the importance of effective supply chain management in health
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July 16, 2019

Vimal Kumar, principal consultant in the Oxford Policy Management Health team, discusses the importance of procurement and supply chain management in supporting effective policy reforms. Ensuring availability, affordability, and quality of commodities (for example medicines) to provide services to the patients is one of the key outcomes which procurement and supply chain management establishes. This… Read more

Social Protection
Modern Slavery Prevention and Responses in South Asia: An Evidence Map
Assignment
December 13, 2018

To access the full report, click the green download button above. To download the static map (Excel), please click here. To access the interactive map, please click here. The Asia Pacific region has the highest numbers of both slavery and child labour victims in the world. Although there is a growing body of research and… Read more

Modern Slavery
Education
Technology-Supported Professional Development for Teachers: Lessons from Developing Countries
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August 4, 2018

Based on the lessons that emerged from the UN Millennium Development Goals and the Education for All movement 2000–2015, there is now a global consensus that universal school enrolment is necessary but not sufficient for children to learn. This report captures what might be learnt from a selection of the world’s most interesting examples of technology-assisted in-service professional development in lower-income countries… Read more

Access to education, edtech, education technology
Education
A scoping study: transforming education through technology
Assignment
April 23, 2018

This Second-Stage Report follows an initial scoping study (the ‘Inception Report’) and is intended to provide the Department for International Development (DFID) with support for the 2018 launch of its Education Technology Hub for Research and Innovation. This report seeks to provide actionable understanding of the EdTech ‘landscape’ in seven focal countries: Bangladesh, India, Jordan,… Read more

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