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Gender
Social Protection
Gender-Sensitive Public Works: Literature Review
Assignment
February 3, 2020

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has contracted OPM to carry out a scoping study and literature review of gender-sensitive public works. This involves collecting good practices and examples from across the globe, as well as identifying potential areas for intervention (and piloting) in Mozambique. The terms of reference (TOR) for this study required… Read more

gender-sensitive, graduation, public works
Gender
Social Protection
Gender-Sensitive Public Works in Mozambique: Scoping Study
Assignment
February 3, 2020

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has contracted OPM to carry out a scoping study and literature review of gender-sensitive public works. This involves collecting good practices and examples from across the globe, as well as identifying potential areas for intervention (and piloting) in Mozambique. This report is a scoping study of the potential… Read more

gender-sensitive, graduation, public works
Education
Joanna Härmä on low-fee private schooling in Maputo, Mozambique
HEART talks
July 26, 2016

In this video Joanna Härmä, visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for International Education, University of Sussex, talks about research she undertook for DFID in Autumn 2015 on non-state provision of education in low-income areas of Maputo, Mozambique. In many developing countries governments struggle to provide education that is accessible to all and of good… Read more

low-cost private schools, Mozambique, Private Schools
Health
Why health systems must change: addressing the needs of ageing populations in low- and middle-income countries
Document Library
December 7, 2015

The world’s population is ageing rapidly, with the over-60 population growing fastest. Since 2000, there have been more people aged 60 or over than children under 5. A rapidly ageing population presents large and unique challenges. This briefing discusses the results of pilot healthcare programmes in four countries, Cambodia, Mozambique, Peru and Tanzania. The findings… Read more

Ageing, health systems, Human Development, social development
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Rebuilding health systems in conflict-affected states – Mozambique
Document Library
November 3, 2015

Mozambique health system reconstruction supports the conclusion that the reconstruction of health systems is mainly “gender blind”. Policy-makers in Mozambique have not adequately considered the role of gender in contributing to health or addressed women’s and men’s different health needs. Despite government commitment to gender mainstreaming, the health system is far from gender equitable. Donors… Read more

conflict-affected states, Gender Equality, health systems, Mozambique
Accomplishments of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa 2000-2010: Report on a decade of collaborative foundation investment
Document Library
November 2, 2015

The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) was launched in 2000 to coordinate the support for higher education in Africa provided by the Carnegie Corporation of NewYork, Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation. The Partnership was a response to trends of democratization, public policy reform, and the increasing… Read more

Higher Education, transformation
Education
Sida/SAREC bilateral research cooperation: lessons learned
Document Library
November 1, 2015

This is the report of an evaluation of Swedish development bilateral research cooperation activities that aim to strengthen research capacity in Mozambique, Tanzania, Bolivia and Nicaragua, thus increasing their access to knowledge in areas of central importance for poverty-reducing development. The programmes in the four countries focused on capacity building of individual staff members, research infrastructure and, to a… Read more

bilateral cooperation, Research capacity building
Challenges of developing and retaining the next generation of academics: deficits in academic staff capacity at African universities
Document Library
October 29, 2015

This report seeks to analyse the staffing needs of various universities that are members of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA). The purpose is to ascertain the extent of the problem in these institutions, examine their ability to develop the next generation of academics as a means of forestalling the decline and proffer… Read more

Higher Education, staffing deficits
Lessons from a Ten-Year Funder Collaborative: A Case Study of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa
Document Library
September 28, 2015

The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (Partnership) was a ten-year funder collaborative that sought to strengthen higher education in Africa. The Partnership focused its support on universities in nine countries: Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. In ten years, the Partnership specifically,  Increased spotlight on the importance of higher education in… Read more

Africa, Global health partnerships, Higher Education
Education
Capacity building in higher education in Mozambique and the role played by co-operating foreign agencies: The case of the World Bank
Document Library
September 28, 2015

The major goal of this paper is to throw light on and share the Mozambican experience of designing higher education projects for submission to international partners in the request for funding. Drawing from Mozambique’s experience over the last 12 years, it is argued that in order to assure ownership of any national policy governing higher… Read more

capacity building, Higher Education, Mozambique
Universities and economic development in Africa
Document Library
September 17, 2015

This study attempts to address the gaps in research on the characteristics and dynamics of the relationship between higher education and development, and the contextual and institutional factors that facilitate or inhibit these relationships. The study, with a focus on Africa, utilises theoretical perspectives offered by the fields of higher education studies, institutional theory and… Read more

Africa, economic growth, Higher Education
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