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Mise à l’échelle de l’impact de l’innovation et de la recherche : un appel à l’action de la part du Sud
No full textVersion anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI : Scaling the impact of innovation and research : a call to action from the Global South; Version espagnole disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI : Escalar el impacto de la innovación y la investigación : un llamado a la acción desde el Sur Globa
Introduction to heatwaves
No full textGlobally rising temperature has devastating impacts on the lives of people. Heatwaves are unusually hot and humid weather periods that last for two or more days. Heatwaves can cause serious threats to human health and have economic repercussions. Therefore, it is vital to enhance knowledge about heatwaves and their mitigation actions
Pregnant and parenting adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa
No full textThis video is about understanding the lived experiences of pregnant and parenting adolescents in Malawi’s Blantyre District and Burkina Faso’s Central region. It is derived from two studies conducted by APHRC in collaboration with the Centre for Social Research (CSR), University of Malawi and Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP). The video highlights how the social exclusion of adolescents from sexual and reproductive health and rights information and services increases their vulnerability to early and unintended pregnancy and its consequences. It also brings out their experiences, challenges, interventions, and recommendations from the studies and aspects of food security and nutrition to pregnant and parenting adolescents
Scoping study on sexual, reproductive and maternal health (SRMH) in Latin America and the Caribbean : Guatamala
Get PDFThis brochure summarizes the strengths, challenges and research priorities of the Scoping Study on Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health (SRMH) in Guatemala
Livestock Vaccine Innovation Fund : guidelines for preparing Final Technical Reports
Get PDFWomen’s empowerment in the livestock sector is essential to progress towards gender equity and to fostering livestock development. Livestock provide key opportunities for women’s empowerment because they are more easily controlled by women than other high-value assets, especially land. Livestock provide animal source foods that are key for women’s traditional role in securing household nutrition. Also, women already represent the majority of livestock keepers, and their empowerment is necessary for the livestock sector to develop further.Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationGlobal Affairs Canada (GAC
Use of legal empowerment approaches to improve access to health services : workshop summary
Get PDFThis report documents the global online workshop's main insights, discussion points, and findings. The workshop was held on February 22nd and practitioners, policymakers, researchers, funders, and civil society actors working at the intersection of legal empowerment and access to health services were invited. Representatives of IDS presented a scoping paper on “Legal Empowerment Approaches to Improve Access to Quality Health Services.” Participants were then encouraged to discuss the research and practice gaps raised by the paper and their own experiences
Transition des jeunes vers les marchés du travail d’Afrique francophone : rapport de l’enquête auprès des jeunes au Bukina Faso
No full textShaping macro economy in response to COVID-19 in Kenya : a responsible economic stimulus and a stable financial sector
Get PDFKenya experienced overall macro stability and modest growth of 5.5% for the period 2017 to 2019. The onset of COVID 19 pandemic in March 2020 however subdued the economy owing to swift containment measures that were imposed to limit the spread of the pandemic. As a result, Kenya suffered its first recession in nearly two decades. The government responded fast by instituting a broad range of macroeconomic policy interventions. It launched the 8-Point Economic Stimulus Programme targeted towards building back a better and resilient economy. This policy was chosen to estimate the socio-economic effects of the stimulus. Using available evidence of fiscal multipliers, we came up with three scenarios: (i) untargeted total expansionary fiscal stimulus and (ii) targeted sectoral public spending and (iii) hypothetical reallocation to targeted sectoral with high multiplier effect. Results of the scenario building exercise highlight that fiscal stimulus could contribute to Kenya’s growth over the short-term, but the impact greatly improves if measures are targeted to sectors with higher multiplier effects. In medium to long term, focus on environment and green investment could result to higher socio-economic effects.Overseas Development Institute (ODI