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The partnership for evidence and equity in responsive social systems (PEERSS) aims to advance evidence-informed policymaking, primarily in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), to address social challenges, with a focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

This project seeks to inform policy and/or business practices that foster women and minority groups’ participation in, and benefits from, land restoration initiatives in a post-COVID-19 context.

For the past decade, foreign investments in land and agriculture (for mining, logging, infrastructure, agro-industries, and conservation purposes) have increased around the world, with Africa being a continent of particular focus.

African countries are confronted with a myriad of educational challenges, including, among others an insufficient number of qualified subject-teachers.

In sub-Saharan Africa, many teachers receive very little initial training and a large proportion of them do not have adequate in-service professional development.

Building on their existing commitments to advance the timely and effective use of evidence in policy and decision-making, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and IDRC have jointly increased their support to the Rapid and Responsive Evidence Partnership of teams in low- and middle-income countries.

IDRC’s response to the COVID-19 crisis includes a rapid response to the food and nutritional security crisis associated with COVID-19.

This project establishes Results for Development (R4D) as the coordinating organization for the Rapid and Responsive Evidence Partnership (RREP).

This project will document and analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal.

Different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic present governments and decision-makers across low- and middle-income countries with distinct challenges.

The project seeks to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small informal businesses in Benin, Cameroon, Morocco, and Senegal.

Over the past several years, there is growing recognition among the impact investing community that there is an acute need for early stage support for business incubation and acceleration.

Industry-funded research, when conducted transparently and without interference, has led to important scientific contributions.

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and IDRC launched the Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) to improve policies and practices that will strengthen national education systems within GPE partner countries.

Focusing on reducing the gender gap, the project aims to strengthen analytical capacities in economics in Francophone Africa.

Recent outbreaks of the highly infectious and dangerous Ebola virus in West and Central Africa underscore the importance of rapid diagnostics and surveillance infrastructure, evidence-driven health communications and community engagement activities, and an effective and well-coordinated emergency response to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable populations in the face of emerging pandemic threats.

Despite the well-acknowledged importance of using evidence for decision-making by many development actors, organizations in most countries are not using timely and responsive mechanisms to effectively support evidence-informed policymaking.

According to recent estimates, between 2017 and 2030 Africa may contribute up to 25.

Large land areas in Cameroon are under agribusiness and logging concessions.

This project will help promote measures to enhance African women’s access to formal financial institutions; 70% of African women do not have access to financial services such as savings and checking accounts, loans, credit, and other institutional services.

High rates of maternal death and teen pregnancy persist in West and Central Africa.

The World Bank has estimated that climate change will have negative impacts for some 100 million people worldwide.

Africa's persistent job crisis calls for more effective employment policies, including training programs and support for job searches.

Despite their critical role in promoting food security on the African continent, women continue to be marginalized in the distribution and allocation of land.

In recent years, investors have shown renewed interest in acquiring farmland for agricultural investments in developing countries.