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ProjectNo relevant topicsAI4D scholarships managerThe Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) in Africa program is dedicated to a future where Africans create and use artificial intelligence (AI) to lead healthier, happier, and greener lives.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsCatalyzing an ecosystem of AI for development-oriented entrepreneurs and innovatorsEvery day, Africa’s burgeoning community of data scientists, machine learning specialists, and researchers is exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute to tackling local challenges south of the Sahara.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsSupporting parenting care/childcare facilities in markets to reduce unpaid care work for vulnerable businesswomen in UgandaWith support from the African Development Bank, the Ugandan government has launched a flagship initiative — the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme (MATIP) — aimed at establishing organized markets with registered vendors to enhance trading opportunities between rural and urban markets, including value addition.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsDeveloping responsible African AI policy environments: Policy Centre IIThe aim of this initiative is to ensure that policymakers have access to timely, high-quality policy research to support decision-making on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) policy issues.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStrategies to prevent sexual and gender-based violence and foster equity in rural schoolsDiscrimination related to sexual orientation and gender is one of the most significant problems in school systems in Latin America.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsThe Forum of African Women Educationalists’ gender-sensitive school model as an innovative response to the challenge of gender equalityAccessing, completing, and succeeding in school have been a major challenges for girls in Africa.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsImproving community teacher development in the digital eraIn sub-Saharan Africa, many teachers receive very little initial training and a large proportion of them do not have adequate in-service professional development.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsDigital adaptations for effective and inclusive distance learning in rural communities in Honduras and NicaraguaThe Latin American and the Caribbean region faces an educational crisis due to very high levels of inequality.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsAdapting and scaling peer tutoring for teachers and school leaders for equitable rural educationInequalities in Honduras and Nicaragua’s education systems are linked with poor teacher professional development and the need for school principals, headmasters, and school leaders to be better equipped to promote and implement innovative approaches at school.
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ProjectNo relevant topicsStrengthening bilingual and multilingual learning systems in Francophone AfricaIn Africa, and more particularly in French-speaking Africa, most children learn in multilingual educational environments.
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BooksEconomicsFormal and Informal Enterprises in Francophone Africa: Moving Toward a Vibrant Private Sector
While the duality of African economies is well recognized in economic literature, only a few comprehensive studies have examined the formal and informal economies using the same instruments.
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BooksNo relevant topicsWomen’s Economic Empowerment: Insights from Africa and South Asia
This book examines women’s economic empowerment in a range of developing country contexts, investigating the societal structures and norms which keep women from achieving economic equality.
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NewsDevelopment Health Economics Social Policy GovernanceIDRC to support research chairs on forced displacementIDRC has launched a call for proposals from universities in the Middle East and East Africa to establish research chairs on forced displacement.Date
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsAdaptive strategies and local innovations of smallholder farmers in selected agri-food systems of central kenya
The study sample of 360 households was drawn randomly from 18 farmers’ groups in Kenya living under acute food and livelihood crisis (Mbeere South district); experiencing borderline food insecurity
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsReimagining teacher professional development : communities of practice
Communities of practice (COP) are groups of people who share a concern or passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsMEL quarterly report 31 March 2019
The overall project pertains to climate compatible development and IPCC recommendations.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsHarnessing ICT to scale up agricultural solutions - intervention research : an assessment of ICT strategies that are most effective and efficient in scaling agricultural solutions in Malawi
ICTs have the potential to accelerate scaling of application and potential adoption of agricultural innovations. The report details a Participatory Radio Campaign promoting soybean inoculant.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsChina development research foundation flagship report : progress of nutrition improvement plan for students in poverty-stricken rural areasPublication Date
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsParticipatory Farmer Evaluation of Sorghum Cultivars with Improved Drought Tolerance and Enhanced Utilization Characteristics
This paper reports on a study which allowed farmers to evaluate new sorghum cultivars with drought tolerant capacity that would also meet the farmers’ utilization and marketing preferences.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsRelation of Light Intensity with Dissolved Oxygen and Chlorophyll-a in Nile Tilapia Ponds
These research findings suggest that farmers who raise fish in intensive culture ponds should adopt appropriate strategies to maintain favorable levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) in order to reduce r
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsExpanding business opportunities for African youth in agricultural value chains in southern Africa (CultiAF) - final technical report
The project tested new business models for increasing the participation of youth in the fish industry in Malawi and Zambia, and maize postharvest agribusiness sector in Zimbabwe.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsUncovering what enables and constrains 'Open Practices' in the Global South : reflections from the ROER4D project - keynote presentation at the 2nd International Conference of the African Virtual University, Nairobi, Kenya, 1-3 July
The PowerPoint presentation reviews aspects of e-learning as a response to growing populations and educational economies, changing technologies, lack of infrastructure, expensive connectivity, limi
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsOpen educational resources and pedagogical practices in African higher education : a perspective from the ROER4D project - keynote presentation at Transform 2015 Research Colloquium, 7-10 April
Adoption and impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the context of Research in Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) are reviewed in this presentation.
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