This study aims to evaluate the impact of a safe-space based life skills training program and a combination of life skills and digital literacy training programs on adolescent girls’ empowerment, education, economic, and reproductive health outcomes.… Read more This study aims to evaluate the impact of a safe-space based life skills training program and a combination of life skills and digital literacy training programs on adolescent girls’ empowerment, education, economic, and reproductive health outcomes. The interventions form two sub-components of the Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment project. The sample covered randomly selected secondary school girls between the ages of 15 and 20 in rural and semi-urban schools that were e Read less

The health and demography of the South African population has been undergoing substantial changes as a result of the rapidly progressing HIV epidemic. Researchers at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the South African Medical Research Council estab… Read more The health and demography of the South African population has been undergoing substantial changes as a result of the rapidly progressing HIV epidemic. Researchers at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the South African Medical Research Council established The Africa Health Research Studies in 1997 funded by a core grant from The Wellcome Trust, UK. Given the urgent need for high quality longitudinal data with which to monitor these changes, and with which to evaluate interventions to mitigate i Read less

This impact evaluation was designed to evaluate Whole School Development (WSD) program, a comprehensive school management and capacity building program in The Gambia. WSD provided a grant and management training to principals, teachers, and commu­nit… Read more This impact evaluation was designed to evaluate Whole School Development (WSD) program, a comprehensive school management and capacity building program in The Gambia. WSD provided a grant and management training to principals, teachers, and commu­nity representatives in a set of schools. In order to be able to separate the impact of the capacity building component from the grant, the second intervention group received the grant but did not receive the training. These two interventions were compa Read less

The African Peer Review Mechanism Survey APRM (2006) are designed by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The survey is a programme of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) for fostering good governance in Africa countries. It is basi… Read more The African Peer Review Mechanism Survey APRM (2006) are designed by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The survey is a programme of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) for fostering good governance in Africa countries. It is basically a mutually adopted instrument for self-monitoring by African countries, using agreed African and international standards. The peer review process is designed to enthrone and deepen good governance in the continent. Each country is expected to c Read less

The Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public attitude surveys that assess African citizen's attitudes to democracy and governance, markets, and civil society, among other topics. The initial (Round 1) survey covered 7 countries.