10. Reduced inequalities

The Cape Town Statement on fairness, equity and diversity in research
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The benefits of scientific collaboration are too often skewed towards wealthier countries. Bioethicists and others present guidance on how stakeholders such as researchers can change this.

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Effort and Social Comparison: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
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Individual effort is key to generate income and escape from poverty. In small-scale societies in developing countries, where effort and resulting income are easily observable, social comparison can influence effort in both positive and negative ways. To study the effects of social comparison, we use a lab experiment in which participants conduct a real-effort task […]

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Youth-led Advocacy in Mali
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“Any action done without me is against me”. Modalities and conditions for the development of youth-led advocacy in Mali. An exploratory study on the modalities, success factors and constraints of youth-led advocacy. The meaningful involvement of young people in the development of programmes and policies that affect them is crucial for the success of programmes […]

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‘I Trust YouthWyze’
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Learning from the implementation of the YouthWyze intervention in Malawi and Zambia YouthWyze is an intervention implemented under the Break Free! programme by SRHR Africa Trust (SAT). It aims to disseminate information and education around SRHR and establish linkages to SRH services for young people. This study areas included urban and rural areas as the […]

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Gender Integration and Intersectionality in Food Systems Research for Development
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This Guidance Note highlights key points for gender integration in the research for development (R4D) project cycle. It uses an intersectional lens to recognise how aspects of social identity such as age or life stage, class, caste, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation and so forth crosscut and shape gender and power. It provides an overall introduction, guide and set of signposts to help […]

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Evaluation of the IDH Cocoa Origins Program
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In 2010, the Dutch Government and cocoa and chocolate sector initially committed to reach 100% sustainable cocoa consumption in the Dutch market by 2025. The Dutch Initiative for Sustainable Cocoa expanded on these ambitions in 2020. The Cocoa Origins Program supported companies that use small and medium quantities of cocoa and supply the Dutch consumer market, […]

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Advocacy for Safe Abortion: Gynaecologists and Obstetricians for Change
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Synthesis of key findings across ten countries of the FIGO project on Advocating for Safe Abortion The aim of the synthesis report is to discuss the main achievements and key results across the ten project countries of the Advocating for Safe Abortion Project (ASAP) and to acquire an understanding of the enabling and impeding factors […]

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Plaidoyer Pour L’Avortement Sécurise: Gynécologues-Obstétriciens Pour Le-Changement
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Synthèse des constats clés recueillis dans dix pays du projet de plaidoyer pour l’avortement sécurisé mené par la FIGO L’objectif du présent rapport de synthèse est de discuter des principales réalisations et des résultats clés dans les dix pays du Projet de Plaidoyer pour l’Avortement Sécurisé (PPAS), et d’aider à mieux comprendre les facteurs favorables […]

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Advocacy for Safe Abortion: Gynaecologists and Obstetricians for Change (Executive Summary)
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Synthesis of key findings across ten countries of the FIGO project on Advocating for Safe Abortion The aim of the synthesis report is to discuss the main achievements and key results across the ten project countries of the Advocating for Safe Abortion Project (ASAP) and to acquire an understanding of the enabling and impeding factors […]

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A living income for coffee farmers in Guji, Ethiopia
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Until 2021, there was no research available on the income levels of Guji coffee farmers, and no living income benchmark had been established. In a multi-year programme Fairfood is working with Trabocca, a Dutch specialty coffee trader, to bring 300 coffee farmers in Guji Ethiopia to a living income. In the design phase, KIT was […]

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Accelerating Agriculture and Agribusiness in South Sudan
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The seed sector in South Sudan is currently dominated by seed aid. The A3-Seed project seeks to reduce the country’s dependency on foreign-sourced seeds, and humanitarian support, with the aim to transform the seed sector into a commercially viable one. “The yield was not good” As part of the project, we recently held an event […]

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A machine learning tool to estimate net annual income of cocoa and coffee farming households
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What is the income of farming households and does it afford a decent living standard? This is a key question to answer in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of interventions seeking to improve livelihoods of farmers at the starting points of global supply chains such as cocoa and coffee. The answer requires primary data collection […]

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