Resource Type: Research paper or report
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From Data to Success: Using Early Warning Indicators to Shape Interventions for Students in the Middle Grades
2015 — This report describes FHI 360’s Indicators for Success framework and includes lessons learned from five U.S. middle schools that have put the framework into practice. The Indicators for Success were developed to support schools through the design and implementation of an early warning and response system that helps identify middle grade students at risk of…
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People, Not Pawns: Women’s Participation in Violent Extremism across MENA
September 2015 — Strategies and programs to counter violent extremism have traditionally been designed for male recruits, leading to a dearth of responses that adequately address the drivers and recruitment tactics for female participation. This research brief summarizes key findings and recommendations from a study requested by the U.S. Agency for International Development under the CoVE-MENA project…
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USAID Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality Assessment Report
February 2016 — In March 2012, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) released the Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy and launched a new era of gender work at the agency. This 2016 assessment is an overview of both USAID-funded and externally funded programs and activities supporting women’s economic empowerment and equality (WE3). Some of the…
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Evaluating the Impact of Closing a Community Managed Schools Programme in El Salvador
July 2015 — In this report, FHI 360 presents the findings of an impact evaluation carried out for a community schools project closing in El Salvador. The purpose of this impact evaluation was to understand whether different school management models have an impact on student advancement. Key questions the evaluation team sought to answer included (1) to…
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Integrated Development: A Theory of Change
2015 — FHI 360 believes that by having a deeper understanding of the interrelated challenges faced by communities and people, and by designing customized responses to address the multiple aspects of their lives, global development efforts have the potential to be more impactful. This document outlines our thinking behind this theory and seeks to answer the question,…
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Economic Evaluation Comparing Center-Based Compulsory Drug Rehabilitation (CCT) with Community-Based Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) in Hai Phong City, Vietnam (English, Vietnamese)
July 2015 — This report, prepared for the Government of Vietnam, details the first economic evaluation comparing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the two dominant drug dependence treatment approaches in Vietnam: compulsory center-based rehabilitation (CCT) and voluntary community-based methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. Study findings showed that MMT is both more effective and…
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Characterizing Loss to Follow-up (LTFU) and Mortality Among HIV Infected Patients in Vietnam
April 2015 — The USAID/Sustainable Management of the HIV/AIDS Response and Transition to Technical Assistance (SMART TA) program worked with local stakeholders to conduct a study on loss to follow-up (LTFU) and mortality among HIV-infected patients in Vietnam. The purpose of the study was to estimate the “true” rates of LTFU, transfers and death reported by sites…