Resource Type: Research paper or report
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A Roadmap for the Development of Labor Market Information Systems
August 2016 — This study provides a new lens for understanding labor market information systems (LMIS) and offers guidance for the focus and sequencing of investments in their development. We argue that traditional technical assistance to support LMIS in Africa has neither succeeded in improving the functioning of labor markets nor achieved sustainability of the systems…
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Status and Characteristics of Regional Democracy and Rights-Promoting Networks
March 2016 — This study presents an inventory of major international civil society networks working in the field of democracy and human rights, and explores ways international donors may support the work of these networks. The authors focused on networks with three characteristics: 1) membership consists of nongovernmental organizations, 2) members are drawn from more than one…
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Education Inequality and Violent Conflict: Evidence and Policy Considerations
June 2016 — This brief provides an overview of a study, commissioned by UNICEF and completed by FHI 360’s Education Policy and Data Center, that sought to provide evidence on the relationship between educational equity and violent conflict. The study used the largest dataset constructed to date, with data from across nearly 100 countries and over a…
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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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Does Education Inequality Lead to Violent Conflict? (infographic)
November 2015 — This infographic illustrates the findings of a recently published study by FHI 360’s Education Policy and Data Center (EPDC) that investigated the relationship between horizontal inequalities in education and violent conflict. EPDC’s findings showed that a high level of education inequality between identity groups predicts a substantially greater risk of violent conflict compared 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,…