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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

edtech, education technology, scoping study
Water and Sanitation
Detailed Review of a Recent Publication: Rural Water Supply Systems Cannot Succeed with Community Management Alone
Document Library
September 18, 2017

The focus of this Policy Research Digest is on the viability of community management as the predominant model – and policy approach – of many countries in the global south. Based on a review of existing and recent literature Harold Lockwood sets out the argument that while community management may not be sufficient as the predominant, or… Read more

Community Management, Water Policy
Education
Where have all the teachers gone? Why there are never any teachers in Africa’s refugee camps and what can we do about it
Document Library
July 11, 2016

Where have all the teachers gone? Why there are never any teachers in Africa’s refugee camps and what we can do about it, is chapter 10 of Next steps in managing teacher migration: papers of the sixth Commonwealth research symposium on teacher mobility, recruitment and migration. When it is time to start formal education soon after… Read more

conflict-affected states, teacher retention, teaching
Education
Can Western developmental screening tools be modified for use in a rural Malawian setting?
Document Library
May 23, 2016

Eighty percent of the world’s disabled population live in low income countries, many of these in Africa. The World Health Organization has made early identification of children with disabilities a high priority, especially as early rehabilitation may reduce the impact of impairments. To identify these children and provide basic services, developmental milestones need to be… Read more

Children, disabilities, Early Childhood Development, ECD, Malawi
Health
Experience of implementing large-scale integrated preventive health programmes
Helpdesk Report
April 28, 2016

Experience of large-scale preventive health programming integrated across different sectors was difficult to find within the scope of this report. Resources on large-scale messaging or strategies with some element of integration include: An evaluation of an intersectoral nutrition package in Madagascar. Success of this programme was due to Intersectoral Nutrition Action Groups, harmonisation from a… Read more

integrated preventive health programmes, preventive health
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Effective behaviour change interventions
Helpdesk Report
April 28, 2016

This helpdesk provides a rapid analysis on the existing evidence related to effective behaviour change interventions. It has a particular focus on where interventions are related to hygiene and sanitation, nutrition, gender based violence, indoor air pollution, family planning adoption, unsafe sex, motor vehicle driving. The geographic focus is Malawi, but where necessary it draws… Read more

family planning adoption, gender-based violence, hygiene and sanitation, indoor air pollution, motor vehicle driving, Nutrition, unsafe sex
Education
Higher education for refugees: lessons from a 4-year pilot project
Document Library
April 8, 2016

The purpose of this paper is to present findings from the evaluation of a pilot programme, Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins (JC:HEM), which initially provided higher education to refugees in Kakuma Camp, Kenya and Dzaleka Camp, Malawi; and to urban refugees in Amman, Jordan. The authors of this note review the progress made… Read more

Higher Education, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, refugees
Education
Early childhood development: the role of community based childcare centres in Malawi
Document Library
March 21, 2016

Somatic changes including growth and development of the brain of a human being occur very early in life. Programmes that enhance early childhood development (ECD) therefore should be part of the national agenda. Cognizant of this fact, the Malawi Government together with development partners facilitated the establishment of community-based child care centres (CBCCs) which are… Read more

Childcare, Early Childhood Development, ECD, Malawi
Education
Gender
Primary education interventions in Malawi
Helpdesk Report
February 15, 2016

This rapid review identified a number of resources on primary education interventions in Malawi. Section 2 highlights literacy interventions. The Early Grade Reading Project (EGRP), funded by USAID, aims to strengthen teaching methodologies, develop appropriate learning materials, increase parental and communal support for reading, and improve the policy environment for reading. Evaluation of this project… Read more

Malawi, primary education
Education
Health
Nutrition
Water and Sanitation
Evidence on ECD approaches in Malawi
Helpdesk Report
October 30, 2015

This rapid review looks at the evidence on Early Childhood Development (ECD) models (including integrated approaches) in Malawi and in the Sub-Saharan African region, looking at the impact on child development and learning. Most of the evidence from Malawi focuses on Community Based Childcare Centres (CBCC) which are the main centre based model for ECD… Read more

ECD, Malawi, volunteers, WASH
A report on the North South experience of doctoral training for development in Africa
Document Library
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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