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Appropriating technology for accountability: Messages from Making All Voices Count
Making All Voices Count, 2018Making All Voices Count was a programme designed to solve the ‘grand challenge’ of creating more effective democratic governance and accountability around the world.DocumentImproving rural lives through the Liberian motorbike boom
Impact Initiative, 2017Parallel to the mobile phone revolution in Africa is the lesser talked about motorbike boom. Motorbike taxis have changed the face of transport and provided employment opportunities, particularly in rural parts, in many African countries.DocumentReducing teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone
Impact Initiative, 2017Research directly involving teenagers and their families in Sierra Leone to reduce teenage pregnancy has helped pave the way for a new community-friendly Child and Family Welfare Policy.DocumentReducing school dropout rates in Malawi and Lesotho
Impact Initiative, 2017‘School in a bag’, buddy systems and catch-up clubs have paved the way for improved learning and reduced dropout in schools in Malawi and Lesotho.OrganisationLinking Participation and Economic Advancement
IDS project for the Economic Advancement Program (EAP) at the Open Society Foundations (OSF).NewsApply now for the STEPS Summer School 2018
23 Jan 2018: The STEPS Summer School in May 2018 will bring together highly-motivated doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, working in fields around development studies, science and technology studies, innovation and policy studies, and across agricultural, health, urban, water or energy issues. The aim is to explore theories, ideas, research methods and practical applications of STEPS thinking on pathways to sustainability.DocumentHydropower production in future climate scenarios: the case for Kwanza River, Angola
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2016Climate change is altering hydrological processes with varying degrees in various regions of the world and remains a threat to water resources projects in southern Africa. The likely negative impacts of changes in Africa may be worse than in most other regions of the world.OrganisationOpen Society Foundations
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant societies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people.DocumentHydropower production in future climate scenarios; the case for the Zambezi River
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2016Climate change remains a threat to water resources projects in southern Africa where impacts resulting from changes in climate are projected to be negative and worse than in most other regions of the world. This work presents an assessment of the impacts of climate change on water resources and hydropower production potential in the Zambezi River Basin.OrganisationMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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