Publications
Publications overview
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Designing for change through “reflecting and doing”: the CGIAR Community of Practice on Gender-Transformative Research Methodologies
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Research article
Gender-transformative change requires a commitment from everyone involved in agricultural research for development (AR4D) including organizations at international and national level, individual researchers and practitioners, farmers, development agencies, policy-makers and consumers, to transform the existing values, practices and priorities that (re)produce and perpetuate gender biases and inequities in agrifood systems. However, the adoption of a […]
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- 2023
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Safety and quality of healthcare from the user perspective: exploratory study of Facebook groups
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Research article
The aim of the study presented in this article is to discuss the safety and quality of health care using content shared in Facebook groups and to reflect on patient’s perspective on these issues. It is a qualitative study using as data source posts from three groups that addressed these issues on Facebook during the research period. Data […]
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Frugal innovation and legitimacy
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Book chapter
While legitimacy related to frugal innovation has not yet received much attention, in this chapter we argue that the concept is of key importance to this field. We identify three legitimacy challenges for frugal innovation: the possibly exploitative tendencies associated with the dominant role of MNCs in local informal communities; how frugal innovations are often […]
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- 2023
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Patient safety in childbirth care: what is discussed in Facebook groups?
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Research article
Patient safety in childbirth care is a current topic on the agendas of discussion about the quality of maternal and child care around the world. This qualitative study sought to discuss the adverse events in childbirth care and its contributing factors, as perceived by patients and family members, using data collected from posts in Facebook […]
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- 2022
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Mapping online visuals of shale gas controversy: a digital methods approach
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Research article
The internet is an increasingly influential actor and arena for debating emerging sustainability controversies, but studies often overlook the role of visualisations in online spreading of information. This paper offers a way to better understand this role: what images do competing online actors use, are there differences between opponents and proponents, differences between internet regions, […]
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare access and utilisation in South Sudan: a cross-sectional mixed methods study
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Research article
Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities in fragile and conflict-affected settings may be severe due to reduced access and use of healthcare, as happened during the 2015 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak. Achieving a balance between short-term emergency response and addressing long-term health needs is particularly challenging in fragile and conflict-affected settings such as […]
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- 2022
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Youth-led Advocacy in Ethiopia
Young people on their successes, challenges, and motivations for youth-led SRHR advocacy in Ethiopia Youth-led advocacy as a concept is becoming increasingly familiar in development programmes, and in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programmes specifically. Yet, research on this topic is rather scarce. Youth-led advocacy is usually understood as young people meaningfully involved […]
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All in on Millet?
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Working Paper Series
This article explores the re-emergence of millet in domestic value chains and its use by private actors with innovative business models – using fortification or biofortification – to highlight millet’s smart food properties. While millet has been in the shadow of rice and wheat production for decades, recently there has been renewed interest in millet […]
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Human Resources for Health in Conflict Affected Settings: A Scoping Review of primary peer reviewed publications 2016 – 2022
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Research article
Conflict has devastating effects on health systems, especially on healthcare workers (HCWs) working in under-resourced and hostile environments. However, little evidence is available on how policy-makers, often together with development partners, can optimize the organization of the health workforce and support HCWs to deliver accessible and trustworthy health services in conflict-affected settings (CAS). A scoping […]
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- 2023
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Nestlé Income Accelerator Program – Baseline report
Test at Scale Phase The Income Accelerator Program (IAP) aims to tackle key issues facing farm households in the cocoa sector – such as Living Income (LI) gap, child labor, and lack of women empowerment – by enhancing cocoa productivity, increasing additional income sources, improving gender equality, creating a professional labor force, and improving access […]
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A qualitative meta-analysis of the Theatre for a Change methodology in 12 countries worldwide
Participatory approaches to improving sexual and reproductive health and rights Theatre for a Change (TfaC) is an organisation that, since 2003, has been aiming to improve the sexualand reproductive health and rights (SRHR) outcomes of women and girls who have been marginalised, through participatory learning and drama. Owing much to the work of Augusto Boal, […]
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Nestlé Income Accelerator Program – Midline report of the Pilot Phase (2023)
The Income Accelerator Program (IAP) aims to tackle key issues facing farm households in the cocoa sector – such as Living Income (LI) gap, child labor, and lack of women empowerment – by enhancing cocoa productivity, increasing additional income sources, improving gender equality, creating a professional labor force, and improving access to loans and savings. […]