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Key Considerations: Indigenous Peoples in COVID-19 Response and Recovery
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March 26, 2021

Indigenous peoples have experienced heightened vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic and face disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality. To better address these vulnerabilities, it is critical to adapt COVID-19 programmes to the particular needs of indigenous peoples, as articulated by indigenous voices. It is also vital to link up with responses already ongoing and led by indigenous… Read more

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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
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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
Social Protection
Lessons learned from youth employment programmes in developing countries
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March 27, 2018

Youth employment programmes are varied but meta-analysis and systematic reviews of impact assessments of these programmes indicate that some interventions have an overall positive effect on employment and earnings. Assessments of programmes which support youth job creation in the private sector find that larger businesses are more likely to generate jobs than micro-enterprises. In general,… Read more

Children and Youth, Work and Labour, Youth Employment
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
Vending machines used for contraceptives in developing countries
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July 14, 2017

The evidence found for this report shows that vending machines have been used to make contraceptives available to vulnerable groups in low and middle income countries in a number of programmes. Examples from different parts of the world include: A six-year HIV prevention pilot programme started in 2009, which plans to install 100 CVMs using… Read more

Education
Children’s reactions to the 2010 Chilean earthquake: the role of trauma exposure, family context, and school-based mental health programming
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October 28, 2016

Theoretically derived factors (preexisting child characteristics, trauma exposure, caregiver– child relationship, and school-based mental health programming) were examined as potential correlates of distress in children residing in the region closest to the epicenter of the 2010 Chilean earthquake. One year before the earthquake, 2nd-grade students who attended 9 schools that provide government-run mental health intervention… Read more

chile, Education in emergencies, Natural Disasters
Education
Opportunities for change: education innovation and reform during and after conflict
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June 3, 2016

Conflict and displacement create distinctive challenges for education practitioners. However, opportunities for reform and positive change within the sector also arise simultaneously during and after conflict. This book explores some of the prospects for positive transformation. A series of 10 case studies presents specific examples of how positive change has been implemented in the education… Read more

conflict-affected states, education policy, education reform, education systems, Innovation, post-conflict settings
Education
Education and internally displaced persons
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May 17, 2016

Drawing on research from a diverse set of countries, including the USA, Somalia, Colombia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the contributors of this volume consider the relationship between education and internally displaced persons. The case studies presented raise fundamental questions regarding the barriers to education and some unexpected benefits for displaced children. The dynamics… Read more

Access to education, conflict-affected states, Education in emergencies, quality education
Health
Why health systems must change: addressing the needs of ageing populations in low- and middle-income countries
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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
Education
Diversified secondary education and development: evidence from Colombia and Tanzania
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November 18, 2015

Secondary schools that offer pre-vocational courses in conjunction with traditional ones have flourished over the past decade in many developing countries. In fact, interest in these “diversified” schools seems to be growing because more and more governments are seeking assistance to establish diversified curricula. Although the World Bank has been investing heavily in these educational… Read more

Colombia, diversified education, Secondary Education, secondary school, Tanzania
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