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Helpdesk Report: How holistic water, sanitation, health and hygiene promotion investments represent value for money and represent positive effects on attendance, retention and learning
Department for International Development, UK, 2010The multiple ways in which water, sanitation, and hygiene education in schools (WASH in Schools) contributes toward education – including attendance, retention and learning – is fairly well documented.DocumentHelpdesk Report: Evidence on outcomes of skills development /TVET programmes
Department for International Development, UK, 2011Education lifts people out of poverty, but the quality and relevance of that education affect levels of progress. There is a large pool of evidence available that aims to analyse the economic benefits but what evidence is available on how skills development programmes have led to marketable skills and better employment rates?DocumentHelpdesk Report: best practices for vocational skills training in Africa
Department for International Development, UK, 2011The literature on vocational training discusses practices in both the formal and informal sectors and from both government and non-government providers. One best practice common to all of these emerges. It is fundamental that the objectives and outputs of training systems meet a country’s economic and social requirements.DocumentHelpdesk Report: Early childhood development and livelihoods
Department for International Development, UK, 2011There is some evidence that Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) has increased women’s workforce participation. The majority of the literature on ECCD comes from an education viewpoint and is child-focussed. It notes that parent or family carers are more able to work or study due to childcare programmes.DocumentEconomic governance: African Women's Engagement in Trade Agreements
2012How are trade agreements formulated, and who exactly is involved in the negotiation processes? These are the questions addressed in this short documentary, produced by FEMNET with support from Trust Africa.DocumentHelpdesk Report: Community-led Total Sanitation in Africa
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2013Evidence and comments suggest that Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) has been successful in some cases in Africa, however it is difficult to find strong data to support this.DocumentWater scarcity in Jordan: economic instruments, issues and options
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011This paper explores the complexity and implications of water scarcity in Jordan, and the potential use of incentives, economic instruments and regulation to balance demand growth and supply shortages.DocumentImpact Evaluation of the DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh, Phase II
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014The DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh aims to improve nutrition outcomes for children, mothers and adolescent girls by integrating the delivery of a number of nutrition-specific (or direct) interventions with the livelihood support provided to extremely poor people by three existing programmes in Bangladesh.DocumentEbola and extractive industry
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015The economic effects of the Ebola health crisis are slowly unfolding as the virus continues to affect Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The most important sector is mining as these three countries share a rich iron ore geological beltway.DocumentRegional patterns of manufacturing industries: a study of manufacturing industries in Java Region, Indonesia
Philippine Journal of Development, 2010Previous studies on geographical distribution of economic activity in Indonesia demonstrate that firms are localized in major metropolitan areas as well as a set of emerging regions.Pages