Assignment Reports – HEART

Raising Learning Outcomes (RLO) Programme: Accountability Synthesis Report

Wed, 18 May 2022 15:49:54 +0000

This report synthesises the evidence on accountability structures and processes in LMICs found from six projects as part of the ESRC-FCDO programme, Raising Learning Outcomes. ]]>

Raising Learning Outcomes (RLO) Programme: Challenging Contexts Synthesis Report

Wed, 18 May 2022 15:48:10 +0000

This report synthesises the evidence on Challenging Contexts found from five projects as part of the ESRC-FCDO programme, Raising Learning Outcomes. ]]>

Raising Learning Outcomes (RLO) Programme: Effective Teaching Synthesis Report

Wed, 18 May 2022 15:46:13 +0000

This report synthesises the evidence on Effective Teaching found from 12 projects as part of the ESRC-FCDO programme, Raising Learning Outcomes. ]]>

The implementation framework for the National Centre for Open Distance Learning (NCODL) and for blended and catch-up learning

Wed, 18 May 2022 14:32:54 +0000

This document sets out the The implementation framework for the National Centre for Open Distance Learning (NCODL) and for blended and catch-up learning, which forms part of a call-down EACDS294, “Support to strengthen the Catch Up and blended learning approach for the Education system in Zimbabwe.”

This was developed alongside the catch-up programme’s Plan for Teacher Development and Support, Orientation and Support for School Heads, and various resources and materials.

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Support to strengthen the Catch Up and blended learning approach for the Education system in Zimbabwe: Plan for Teacher Development and Support

Wed, 18 May 2022 14:30:48 +0000

This document sets out the Plan for Teacher Development and Support, which forms part of a call-down EACDS294, “Support to strengthen the Catch Up and blended learning approach for the Education system in Zimbabwe.”

This was developed alongside the catch-up programme’s Implementation Framework, Orientation and Support for School Heads, and various resources and materials.

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Support to strengthen the Catch Up and blended learning approach for the Education system in Zimbabwe: Plan for Orientation and Support of School Heads

Wed, 18 May 2022 14:28:21 +0000

This document sets out the Plan for Orientation and Support of School Heads, which forms part of a call-down EACDS294, “Support to strengthen the Catch Up and blended learning approach for the Education system in Zimbabwe.”

This was developed alongside the catch-up programme’s Implementation Framework, Plan for Teacher Development and Support, and various resources and materials.

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SPACE Inclusive Information Systems for Social Protection: Intentionally Integrating Gender and Disability

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:39:22 +0000

Digital information systems serving the social protection sector, and especially social assistance, are increasingly prominent and will continue to be, as is the case within all other sectors. “Why? Because the ability of a country to care for its people and respond to their lifecycle needs depends on its ability to identify those who are in need, enroll them, provide tailored benefits and services, and follow up to cater to evolving circumstances”. Governments also need to be able to monitor programme implementation and impact, feeding into longer-term decisions on design and resource allocation. “All of these actions require accessible, dynamic and real-time data and information exchange if the goal of universal coverage is to be achieved” (Chirchir and Barca, 2019).

The coverage (% of the population included in the information system), relevance (amount/type of data they store), and accessibility (e.g. level of interoperability/data sharing across the government data ecosystem) of these administrative data systems has also been increasing in many countries2 – posing important opportunities and challenges to policy-makers. The question is how to develop these systems in a way that is inclusive and right-based, leveraging technology “to ensure a higher standard of living for the vulnerable and disadvantaged” (Alston, 2019) rather than becoming a further barrier to inclusion. To illustrate the point this paper specifically focuses on gender and disability inclusion, while acknowledging similar considerations apply to all other forms of (intersectional) exclusion.

This report is available to download from the SPACE website here.

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Linking Social Protection and Water Security to Empower Women and Girls

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:16:15 +0000

Water insecurity is a significant, heavily gendered, and growing driver of poverty, vulnerability and risk. This paper explores the linkages between the social protection, water and gender sectors. It examines the ways in which water insecurity restricts female participation in social protection (and related education and employment opportunities) and undermines social protection efforts to promote health, nutrition and food security.

It also considers the potential for social protection to support gender-sensitive improvements in water security, including by enhancing women’s and girls’ access to water and by increasing their capacity to manage water-related risks.

The paper argues that the linkages between social protection, water and gender concerns are more substantial than previously recognised, and that they will only become stronger as the effects of climate change and urbanisation intensify.

Failure to explicitly acknowledge and address these linkages could hinder progress across the board, while better cross-sectoral understanding and action promises to generate more sustainable improvements in each sector and help lay the foundations for broader empowerment gains.

An infographic is also available, highlighting how social protection can promote improvements in water security.

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Social Protection and the Future of Work: A Gender Analysis

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:12:36 +0000

There is growing pressure on social protection systems to adjust to a changing world of work and to harness the opportunities presented looking forward.

The time is ripe to build on learning to date to deliver social protection that adequately addresses gender-related contingencies over the course of the life cycle and, in conjunction with wider labour and social policy, gender inequalities in the world of work. Social protection policy options set out in this paper provide examples of how this can be achieved in practice.

They also highlight key emerging issues and areas for future research in the pursuit of gender-responsive social protection in the context of the future of work.

An infographic highlighting how social protection can empower women in the world of work is also available.

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Child Labour in South Asia: Assessing the Effectiveness of Interventions

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:45:57 +0000

The Asia Pacific region has the highest numbers of both slavery and child labour victims in the world. Although there is a growing body of research and evaluations on specific sub-sectors and interest in the worst forms of labour exploitation, there has not yet been a systematic scoping or synthesis of studies that would help policymakers understand ‘what works’ to reduce the prevalence of modern slavery in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

The negative impacts of child labour are seen in relation to children’s health, their access to education, and their long-term prospects for getting out of poverty and having a decent standard of living. This Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) examines current evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to combat child labour in four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan).

Addressing the following research question, the aim of this study was to produce a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) to support evidence-informed programming on modern slavery, more specifically child labour:

What has been the effect of interventions to reduce the incidence and prevalence of the worst forms of child labour in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Nepal?

Conclusions include:

The evidence was limited in terms of geographic scope, types of child labour, types of interventions, and disaggregation of results by gender and age group; there was negligible disaggregation by disability. Studies were largely observational and therefore limited conclusions can be drawn about the effectiveness of interventions.
These limitations make it very difficult to draw anything more than indicative conclusions from the REA findings – however some lessons can be identified from the studies reviewed – including:
- Interventions addressing the macroeconomic conditions that drive child labour have diverse effects on child labour
- Rescue and reintegration interventions, and provision of direct support to affected/at-risk families, can be effective if properly resourced and implemented for a sufficient duration.
- Evidence within the studies of the impact of legislative measures was very limited, but what little evidence there is suggests such approaches are ineffective
- Interventions driven by Corporate Social Responsibility may be effective in tackling child labour, but do nothing to address wider labour exploitation, and can even make things worse.

This Rapid Evidence Assessment is part of a wider assignment from the Department for International Development to assess the available evidence on modern slavery interventions, including an evidence map:

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