Resource Type: Research paper or report

Five Lessons Learned About Private Sector Engagement During COVID-19

February 16, 2023

January 2023 — This document describes the Partnerships for Business Resilience and Recovery in Southeast Asia project (PBRR) and its accomplishments. It presents five lessons the PBRR project’s staff members and partners learned about supporting businesses in crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The document concludes with suggestions, made by project staff and partners, for…
(We)llbeing: Guiding Principles for Locally Led Transformative Psychosocial Support and Social-Emotional Learning

February 14, 2023

February 2023 — This brief describes (we)llbeing, an approach to psychosocial support and social emotional learning developed by FHI 360, and explains the three principles that constitute it: holistic, evidence-based and assets-based. The brief illustrates how we are using the (we)llbeing approach to implement locally led, transformative education interventions in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador,…
Annual Program Statement: Collaborative Actions / Declaración Anual del Programa: Acciones Colaborativas

December 5, 2022

December 2022 — The Strengthening Together Activity (STA)/SUMA SOCIAL PROGRAM is a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by FHI 360. Its purpose is to improve the performance of USAID/Colombia’s local partner (LP) development impact by improving key aspects of LPs’ organizational capacities, and the broader ecosystems in which…
Social and Behavior Change Formative Research Report: Takunda Resilience Food Security Activity

November 29, 2022

January 2022 — This report describes the findings of a social and behavior change (SBC) formative research study conducted as part of the Takunda program’s beginning activities. The study was designed to identify key determinants of the adoption of pre-identified focus behaviors, as well as behaviors that were identified during the study. The study also…
A Proven Approach with New Potential: Using Social and Behavior Change to Fight Corruption

November 28, 2022

November 2022 — Corruption undermines country competitiveness, investments, decent work opportunities, and public service delivery; drives crime, violence and migration; fuels transnational criminal organizations; erodes the social compact; and contributes to environmental degradation, human and labor rights abuses and democratic backsliding. There is growing awareness that social and behavior change (SBC) approaches, proven successful in…
Remedial Education: models and approaches for successful impact on student achievement Technical Brief

November 17, 2022

January 2022 — Remediation is an instructional program designed to support struggling students who have not developed expected curricular competencies and to help them strengthen their basic skills so they can succeed in school. Why is remediation an intervention of choice? Is remediation the single key for attaining desired results? This technical brief expands on…
Improving the Lives of Men and Women in the Senegalese Artisanal Fishery Value Chain

June 22, 2022

February 2022 — This report describes the key lessons learned from the implementation of the Wireless Solutions for Fisheries in Senegal (WISE) project. The takeaways are drawn from an assessment of the development and implementation of WISE, conducted by FHI 360 and MANAUS, a minority, women-owned research and consulting firm, from September 2021 to February…
Population, health and environment (PHE) in Kuresoi North and Kuresoi South subcounties, Nakuru County: A child health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure impact assessment

August 26, 2021

June 2021 — This retrospective assessment uses project data abstracted from the Kenya Health Information System to determine whether community-level population, health and environment (PHE) activities implemented through community health volunteers and champion volunteers resulted in positive changes in child diarrhea case rates and improved household sanitation and handwashing infrastructure. The results can guide whether and…
LAC Regional Workforce Development Program: Labor Market Assessments

July 28, 2021

Using FHI 360’s rigorous labor market assessment framework to evaluate market demand for worker skills, these studies examine economic trends and patterns and identifies growth sectors in selected countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region. The labor market assessments look at the demand for technical education graduates and the supply of qualified workers in…
Understanding the Legal Barriers to Accessing HIV/AIDS Services by Vulnerable Populations: Findings from Expert Panel Meetings in Zambia, Final Report

July 14, 2021

October 2017 — The report describes the legal and policy issues affecting those at an increased risk for HIV in accessing HIV services. It presents findings from the six districts visited by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Open Doors project and the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) and provides recommendations for the abolishment of human…