R4D Case Studies

Choice for women: Family planning, health and rights in a world of 7 billion

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Last month the United Nations Population Fund announced that global population has passed 7 billion. This landmark brings the issue of population growth and its impact into sharp focus

R4D Gateway

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:12:00 GMT

OAI PMH Implementation for R4D

Getting children into school and breaking the cycle of disadvantage

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Getting children into school and breaking the cycle of disadvantage

The impact of research on policy and practice in Indonesia’s pulp and paper sector

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:42:00 GMT

CIFOR-led research has contributed to policy reform, the acceleration of plantation development, and the saving of more than 100,000 hectares of tropical rainforest, with hundreds of millions of dollars in attendant benefits

Scaling Up Nutrition: Unlocking puzzles to transform thinking and action

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:00:00 GMT

DFID's new position paper 'Scaling Up Nutrition' declares a crucial role for research. The paper declares: "We will be achieving our results in nutrition through scaling up programmes where there is evidence of fast and sustainable impact."

Missed Opportunities

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Linking women who test HIV positive in antenatal and maternity services to long-term HIV care and treatment services in Kenya

Growth across Africa: Contributions from DFID-funded Research

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:30:00 GMT

Farmers in Tanzania paint chickens pink and purple to thwart hawks

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Farmers in Tanzania, sick of losing their chickens to hungry hawks, have taken drastic, if creative action, thanks to an innovative programme funded by DFID and a little bit of pink dye.

Educating a nation: Unpacking the constraints to education in Swaziland.

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:30:00 GMT

Some 11% of primary, and 30% of secondary school children report missing a month or more of schooling each year in Swaziland, according to research conducted by the Addressing the Balance of Burden in HIV/AIDS (ABBA) RPC.

Linking farmers and science

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:05:00 GMT

By linking scientists, non-government organisations and government extension officials and farmers, the PETRRA project in Bangladesh has achieved substantial improvements in rice production, income and empowerment of women.