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Delivering Reproductive Health Services Through Non-State Providers in Pakistan: Understanding the Value For Money of Different Approaches
Document Library
December 4, 2018

The Delivering Reproductive Health Results (DRHR) programme used social franchising (SF) and social marketing (SM) approaches to increase the supply of high quality family planning services in underserved areas of Pakistan. The authors of this paper assessed the costs, cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of DRHR to understand the value for money of these approaches. Financial and… Read more

Non-State, Pakistan, Reproductive Health, Social franchising, social marketing, Value for Money
Education
Review of right to play
Document Library
October 28, 2016

Right to Play (former Olympic Aid), is an athlete-driven international humanitarian organisation which uses sport and play as a development tool for children and youth. The central delivery method is through international volunteers who teach RTP modules to local coaches based in refugee camps, at schools, or in community based organisations. This review was commissioned… Read more

Children, Pakistan, refugees, Tanzania, Youth
Education
The teacher labour market in Pakistan
Helpdesk Report
October 11, 2016

This study questions the feasibility of imposing a broad-based minimum wage legislation for teachers. It focuses on those working in the low-fee sector within the Pakistani context. The scale of the private school sector is unknown. Low-fee schools are likely to be unregistered and unrecognised. They will not exist on government books. The plan for implementing legislation… Read more

low-cost private schools, Pakistan, private school
Education
Still at risk: internally displaced children’s rights in north-west Pakistan
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May 17, 2016

Starting in 2008 and continuing in mid-2010, fighting between Pakistan’s armed forces and militant groups has led to the internal displacement of more than 3.3 million people. The speed and scale of the Pakistani displacement led to an outpouring of assistance and support. Host communities in areas of displacement took in millions of displaced people… Read more

child rights, conflict-affected states, internally displaced persons, Pakistan
Education
The education cluster in Pakistan
Document Library
May 10, 2016

The 2005 Pakistan earthquake had devastating effects across all sectors, including education. Recent floods have presented additional challenges for the education cluster which has coordinated the response and recovery activities of most education-focused agencies. Key activities of the cluster have included promotion and application of the Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, chronic crises and early… Read more

Education in emergencies, Pakistan
Health
Cognitive behaviour therapy-based intervention by community health workers for mothers with depression and their infants in rural Pakistan: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Document Library
April 1, 2016

The treatment of perinatal depression is a public-health priority because of its high prevalence and association with disability and poor infant development. This research aims to assess the effect of the intervention on perinatal depression in women, and to test the hypothesis that treatment of perinatal depression would lead to improved nutrition and other health outcomes in the… Read more

infant health, Pakistan, perinatal depression, Women's Health
Education
Social Protection
Designing active labor market policies in southern Punjab: evidence from household and community surveys
Document Library
January 25, 2016

The Punjab Economic Opportunities Programme (PEOP) is a flagship programme of the Government of Punjab being implemented in partnership with DfID. PEOP aims to alleviate poverty and create inclusive growth in the province’s high poverty districts – Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Lodhran and Muzaffargarh – by increasing the employability and earnings of poor and vulnerable families. This… Read more

inclusive growth, Pakistan, Poverty reduction
Education
Tracer study of skills for jobs 2012
Document Library
December 21, 2015

Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) commissions vocational training by engaging training service providers (TSPs) through a competitive bidding process. It designs training schemes that allow for quality and cost competition among training providers from different sectors. Skills for Job 2012 (SFJ 2012) was one of the schemes that had been designed by PSDF to expand… Read more

Job creation, Pakistan, skills development
Education
Education outcomes and poverty: a reassessment
Document Library
November 18, 2015

This book examines the impact of education on the lives and livelihoods of people in developing countries, particularly those living in poorer areas and from poorer households. The chapter titled, ‘skill acquisition and its impact upon lives and livelihoods in Ghana, India and Pakistan’, outlines the different national contexts of skills development in these countries. It assesses… Read more

Ghana, India, Pakistan, skills development
Higher education and women’s empowerment in Pakistan
Document Library
September 17, 2015

This paper summarises the findings of a 2005 doctoral study which explored to what extent participation in higher education offers empowerment to women in Pakistan. A survey instrument was used to question female faculty members and female students from 10 public universities in Pakistan; 1290 students and 290 faculty members responded. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were… Read more

Higher Education, Pakistan, women empowerment
Nutrition
Sindh Province Report: Nutrition Political Economy, Pakistan
Assignment
February 16, 2015

In the Sindh Province of Pakistan, under-nutrition remains a recognized health problem and plays a substantial role in the region’s elevated maternal and child morbidity and mortality rates. Forty per cent of children are underweight and 73% of children and 62% of pregnant women are anaemic. In this report a nutrition governance framework was applied… Read more

Pakistan, Political Economy, undernutrition
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