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• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 11 October 2013

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2013

• DFID Research: overcoming local barriers to girls’ education
  • 11 October 2013
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• DFID Research: Data trends and sustainable agriculture
  • 7 October 2013
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• DFID Research: Mobiles for Development
  • 4 October 2013
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• DFID Research: Examining the Transformative Potential of Social Funds
  • 4 October 2013
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• DFID Research: Drugs for Neglected Diseases seeks HR Coordinator
  • 24 September 2013
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• DFID Research: Measuring the impact of sovereign disaster risk finance and insurance
  • 23 September 2013
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• DFID Research: Evaluation News looks at HIV response
  • 19 September 2013
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• DFID Research: The essentials for RDT implementation
  • 19 September 2013
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• DFID Research: Looking at sustainable development in a global landscape
  • 18 September 2013
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• DFID Research: What works in education in developing countries
  • 12 September 2013
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• DFID Research: helping women to protect themselves against HIV
  • 9 September 2013
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• DFID Research: 3ie to award 16 Agricultural Innovation Grants in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 2 September 2013
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• DFID Research: HIV-related evaluations- synthesizing the evidence
  • 21 August 2013
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• DFID Research: call for proposals for systematic reviews for international development
  • 19 August 2013
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• DFID Research: Building collaborations between humanitarian programmes and researchers to improve health in a crises
  • 14 August 2013
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• DFID Research: Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises- First call now open
  • 9 August 2013
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• DFID Research: Humanitarian Evidence Synthesis and Communication Programme call for proposals
  • 9 August 2013
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• DFID Research: HIV treatment in basic health facilities - fewer patients lost and quality of care maintained
  • 22 July 2013
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• DFID Research: Introducing best practice for developing guidelines at WHO; progress made, but not always welcome
  • 22 July 2013
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• DFID Research: Joint Global Health Trials scheme-fourth call for proposals
  • 18 July 2013
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• DFID Research: 53 finalists named for innovative solutions to infant and maternal mortality
  • 18 July 2013
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• DFID Research: Taxation and livelihoods in focus
  • 15 July 2013
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• DFID Research: Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation- Job opportunities
  • 15 July 2013
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• DFID Research: Online forums for health and development
  • 9 July 2013
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• DFID Research: Job opportunity- Women’s Economic Empowerment and Growth in Low-Income Countries
  • 24 June 2013
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• DFID Research: Nutrition Champions Awards 2013
  • 24 June 2013
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• DFID Research: Global Development Conference - Improving social protection and government accountability
  • 19 June 2013
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• DFID Research: UK launches global panel to fight hunger
  • 14 June 2013
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• DFID Research: Six super crops to help beat global hunger
  • 13 June 2013
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• DFID Research: Call for proposals from the Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation Research
  • 13 June 2013
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• DFID Research: Taxing Africa for better governance
  • 4 June 2013
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• DFID Research: Informed national decision making requires transparent global guidelines
  • 30 May 2013
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• DFID Research: Building local disaster risk management capacity
  • 30 May 2013
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• DFID Research: Considering mental health in Africa
  • 30 May 2013
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• DFID Research: PhD Studentship on the impact of Evidence Aid
  • 17 May 2013
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• DFID Research: Keeping people, economies and potatoes healthy
  • 17 May 2013
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• DFID Research: Intelligent water pumps in rural Africa
  • 16 May 2013
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• DFID Research: The Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index
  • 29 April 2013
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• DFID Research: Nanotechnology in the fight against Malaria
  • 29 April 2013
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• DFID Research: Resource management and food security
  • 18 April 2013
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• DFID Research: Research stories, response and social media
  • 18 April 2013
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• DFID Research: Predicting climate change in West Africa
  • 17 April 2013
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• DFID Research: Human rights and the judiciary process - lessons from Latin America
  • 16 April 2013
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• DFID research: Transforming cash transfers
  • 15 April 2013
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• DFID Research: The global rise of TB exposed in a new film
  • 11 April 2013
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• DFID Research: New chickpeas set to increase food security
  • 5 April 2013
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• DFID Research: Manifesto for the extreme poor
  • 27 March 2013
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• DFID Research: Climate Week Award for DFID
  • 26 March 2013
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• DFID Research: World Water Day and the impacts of water cooperation
  • 25 March 2013
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• DFID Research: WFSJ seeks new Executive Director
  • 25 March 2013
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• DFID Research: Sustainable development: A review of monitoring initiatives in agriculture
  • 25 March 2013
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• DFID Research: Armyworms- fighting in the fields
  • 27 February 2013
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• DFID Research: Knowing girls, knowing the risks: education, community and HIV in rural India
  • 27 February 2013
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• DFID Research: A responsive database in agricultural research
  • 18 February 2013
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• DFID Research: Second call for the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme
  • 18 February 2013
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• DFID Research: Tuberculosis: WHO-Endorsed Test Offers Rapid Detection
  • 8 February 2013
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• DFID Research: Knowledge infrastructure and rural transport: The African community access programme
  • 5 February 2013
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• DFID Research: Request for Applications: Round Three of the Saving Lives at Birth Grand Challenge
  • 5 February 2013
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• DFID Research: Enhanced Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance: new evidence review
  • 28 January 2013
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• DFID Research: Shaping the future of HIV: Drivers and women
  • 28 January 2013
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• DFID Research: Training health policy-makers, practitioners and researchers to access and use systematic reviews
  • 28 January 2013
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• DFID research: AGFAX- Radio and research
  • 18 January 2013
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• DFID research: Rewarding Innovation: The 2012 Global Development Awards and Medals
  • 18 January 2013
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• DFID research: The closing window of opportunity- protecting cities from the future
  • 14 January 2013
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• DFID research: Defending the Longitudinal Panel in Nepal
  • 11 January 2013
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2012

• DFID research: International Migrants day: Understanding the whys
  • 19 December 2012
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• DFID research: Snapshots of a changing landscape- CDKN in Asia
  • 17 December 2012
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• DFID research: Ecosystems Services for Poverty Alleviation announces new opportunities for 2013
  • 14 December 2012
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• DFID research: Growth and livelihoods in conflict: findings from SLRC’s review of the evidence
  • 7 December 2012
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• DFID research: Drylands agriculture: Making itself heard in the climate change debate
  • 7 December 2012
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• DFID research: Extending the discourse: the new DRUSSA app
  • 23 November 2012
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• DFID research: Universal Children’s Day: Time to listen
  • 20 November 2012
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• DFID research: UKCDS Town Hall meeting: Health research for international development
  • 16 November 2012
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• DFID research: The Dhaka Colloquium on Systematic Reviews in International Development: bringing the experts together
  • 9 November 2012
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• DFID research: Global standards for responsible research conduct
  • 7 November 2012
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• DFID research: Strengthening scientific capacity building: writing the agenda
  • 1 November 2012
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• DFID research: The 46.7 billion dollar question
  • 31 October 2012
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• DFID research: Crisis States: moving away from the “post-conflict” culture
  • 26 October 2012
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• DFID research: Testing the effectiveness of economic interventions on girls and women
  • 22 October 2012
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• DFID research: ESPA Annual Science Conference to take place in November
  • 16 October 2012
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• DFID research: Young Lives shines the spotlight on girls
  • 11 October 2012
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• DFID research: Research to Action launched alongside 3ie PIM workshop in Cornwall
  • 28 September 2012
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• DFID research: Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment (PAGE): Call for proposals
  • 21 September 2012
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• DFID research: New research in The Cochrane Library finds little evidence to support the routine use of primaquine to reduce transmission of P. falciparum malaria
  • 13 September 2012
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• DFID research: The Royal Society and DFID: Building research capacity in Africa
  • 7 September 2012
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• DFID research: The poorest people in the poorest countries? A prediction of where the world’s poor will live in 2030
  • 6 September 2012
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• DFID research: Review of the use of ‘Theory of Change’ in International development
  • 30 August 2012
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• DFID research: Current and planned research on agriculture for improved nutrition: Negotiating the gaps
  • 29 August 2012
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• DFID research: DFID commends the Great Himalaya Trail Development Project as SHARE develops new strategies for safer sanitation in Nepal.
  • 28 August 2012
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• DFID research: New working papers from the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium: shaping future research.
  • 28 August 2012
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• DFID research: Research call - the Brazilian development model for Africa: evidence and lessons
  • 24 August 2012
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• DFID research: Communicating the power of communication: two books on radio for development
  • 21 August 2012
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• DFID research: CDKN Innovation Fund call for proposals- Focus on Africa
  • 21 August 2012
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• DFID research: DRUSSA announces postgraduate courses in research uptake
  • 17 August 2012
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• DFID research: CCAFS: Visualising a Climate-Smart Future
  • 7 August 2012
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• DFID research: African Community Access Programme (AFCAP): Hitting the road to boost growth in sub-Saharan Africa
  • 6 August 2012
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• DFID research: DFID Open and Enhanced Access Policy Published at Long Last
  • 26 July 2012
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• DFID research: Growth Research News: Spread the Word
  • 25 July 2012
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• DFID research: Community Programmes on Deworming School Children
  • 19 July 2012
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• DFID research: Call for Funding: Research Proposals Required on Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries
  • 17 July 2012
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• DFID research: Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic change at the margins
  • 17 July 2012
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• DFID research: New ILRI Study Maps Hotspots of Human-Animal Infectious Diseases
  • 11 July 2012
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• DFID research: New Learning Resource to Support and Tackle Climate Change
  • 6 July 2012
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• DFID research: Connect South Campaign Pledges to Support Southern Researchers
  • 5 July 2012
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• DFID research: New DFID Human Development Resource Centre Website Launched
  • 21 June 2012
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• DFID research: Diverse Voices: In the quest for economic growth in Africa who is getting left behind and why?
  • 6 June 2012
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• DFID research: FEAST trial, supported by DFID and Medical Research Council, wins British Medical Journal Research Paper of the Year award
  • 28 May 2012
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• DFID research: Joint Global Health Trials Scheme: Launch of the third call for proposals
  • 24 May 2012
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• DFID research: Call for Proposals: Review of the evidence on indicators, metrics and monitoring systems for agriculture, poverty and environment
  • 22 May 2012
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• DFID research: Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund: Call for Proposals
  • 17 May 2012
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• DFID research: Call for Rigorous Literature Reviews in Education
  • 16 May 2012
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• DFID research: GDN Conference to take place on Urbanisation and Development
  • 15 May 2012
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• DFID research: Groundwater in Africa: Harnessing the hidden sea for climate adaptation
  • 2 May 2012
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• DFID research: Barriers to interaction can limit research uptake by the media
  • 2 May 2012
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• DFID research: Safeguarding the Future of Rural Livelihoods: World’s first environmental health index
  • 30 April 2012
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• DFID research: K* 2012: The first global conference on knowledge intermediaries
  • 25 April 2012
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• DFID research: COMDIS-HSD Publish Field Communications Toolkit
  • 25 April 2012
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• DFID research: Exploring the Impact of Cash Transfers in Africa
  • 13 April 2012
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• DFID research: Wellcome Move Makes Research more Accessible
  • 12 April 2012
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• DFID research: ESRC-DFID Joint Scheme for Research on International Development (Poverty Alleviation). Call for Proposals: Evidence Synthesis Research Awards (ESRA)
  • 27 March 2012
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• DFID research: Young Lives: New publication on Global child poverty and well-being
  • 21 March 2012
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• DFID Health Research Competition for the Development of New Technologies to Impact on Diseases of Poverty
  • 13 March 2012
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• DFID research: PEDL Launch First Call for Major Research Grants
  • 13 March 2012
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• DFID research: ESPA Announces 2012 Grants
  • 8 March 2012
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• DFID research: What works to prevent violence against women by their partners?
  • 7 March 2012
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• DFID research: Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index Launched
  • 6 March 2012
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• DFID research: IDS Hosts Roundtable on Radio Convergence and Development in Africa
  • 1 March 2012
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• DFID research: Promoting innovation and evidence-based approaches to humanitarian crises
  • 28 February 2012
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• DFID research: Saving Lives at Birth: Round II Request for Applications
  • 24 February 2012
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• DFID research: CALL FOR PROPOSALS: WHO call for research to develop and test leadership development programmes in health policymaking
  • 23 February 2012
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• DFID research: Future Agricultures Launches New Book Spanning 20 Years of Seasonality and Development
  • 20 February 2012
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• DFID research: CODESRIA Call for Proposals: Comparative Research Networks 2012
  • 16 February 2012
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• DFID research: The impact of communities on the HIV/AIDS pandemic: presenting the evidence
  • 14 February 2012
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• DFID research: New treatment for tuberculosis a step closer as REMox trial completes enrolment
  • 8 February 2012
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• DFID research: Microwork initiative launched: M2Work
  • 3 February 2012
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• DFID Research helps combat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
  • 31 January 2012
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• DFID research: International Conference on Evidence-Informed Policy Making
  • 30 January 2012
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• DFID research: New Young Lives Publication: Multidimensionality Matters
  • 25 January 2012
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• DFID research: 6th World Water Forum Aims to make Water High on all Political Agendas
  • 16 January 2012
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• DFID research: Global Forum for Health Research
  • 13 January 2012
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• DFID research: New Publication: Empowerment: A Journey not a Destination
  • 6 January 2012
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• DFID research: Strengthening Work in Conflict-Affected Countries Through Research
  • 5 January 2012
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2011

• DFID research: Improving science reporting in Africa
  • 19 December 2011
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• DFID research: Improving the public’s access to DFID research
  • 12 December 2011
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• DFID research: New research to reduce poverty
  • 2 December 2011
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• DFID research: Request for Proposals to Develop a Research Design: What difference do transparency and accountability make to human development outcomes?
  • 1 December 2011
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• DFID research: Standardised baselines - an important reform to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
  • 29 November 2011
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• DFID research: Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
  • 19 November 2011
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• DFID research: New publication: The state and accessible justice in Africa: is Ghana unique?
  • 17 November 2011
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• DFID research: How can poor people benefit from payments for ecosystem services?
  • 4 November 2011
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• DFID research: Research Communications and Uptake Survey: Unpacking the results
  • 25 October 2011
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• DFID research: Systematic review database just one click away
  • 6 October 2011
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• DFID research: CIPPEC a recipient of prestigious Juscelino Kubitschek Prize
  • 27 September 2011
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• DFID research: 2011 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
  • 23 September 2011
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• DFID research: New call for impact evaluations of social protection
  • 7 September 2011
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• DFID research: The threat to cassava production from pests and diseases
  • 26 August 2011
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• DFID research: Rethinking business and politics in Ethiopia: The role of EFFORT, the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray
  • 23 August 2011
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• DFID research: Two new reports from Panos London's Relay Programme
  • 29 July 2011
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• DFID research: New evidence on Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) for malaria
  • 3 July 2011
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• Young Lives: New publication on Global child poverty and well-beingCall for Proposals: Grand Challenges Canada
  • 27 June 2012
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• DFID research: Getting research into policy and practice – lessons from research on sexual health and HIV
  • 16 June 2011
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• DFID research: Developmental patrimonialism? Rethinking business and politics in Africa
  • 10 June 2011
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• DFID research: New website and publications from the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability
  • 20 May 2011
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• DFID Research: Strategies for eradicating poverty in LDCs: Findings from research
  • 12 May 2011
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• DFID Research: Check the fine print on land deals, conference participants urge
  • 6 May 2011
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• DFID research: The role of Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) in adoption of new health products
  • 6 May 2011
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• DFID research: New evidence informs WHO guidelines on treating severe malaria in children
  • 5 May 2011
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• DFID research: Antimalarial trees in East Africa threatened with extinction
  • 26 April 2011
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• DFID research: Quality of private and public services central to improving health outcomes
  • 15 April 2011
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• DFID research: New report from IFPRI shows agricultural research and development in Africa hindered by significant challenges
  • 14 April 2011
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• DFID research: Appointment of a Strategic Advisory Team for the ESRC/DFID Joint Scheme on International Development (Poverty Alleviation)
  • 12 April 2011
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• DFID research: An update from infoDev
  • 8 April 2011
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• DFID research: Governance for development in Africa: building on what works
  • 7 April 2011
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• DFID research: Adapting to Climate Change
  • 7 April 2011
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• DFID research: New vegetable varieties expand options for African farmers
  • 25 March 2011
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• DFID research: Pastoralists: moving with the times
  • 16 March 2011
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• DFID research: Working with the Grain? Rethinking African Governance
  • 8 March 2011
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• DFID research: New economic growth research partnership with the Economic and Social Research Council
  • 24 February 2011
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• DFID research: UK Government and Gates Foundation partner to support agricultural research and boost productivity of poor farmers
  • 20 February 2011
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• DFID research: Research Strategy for Global Food Security
  • 17 February 2011
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• DFID research: Global Food and Farming Futures
  • 27 January 2011
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• DFID research: SUPPORT research summaries endorsed by policy makers
  • 21 January 2011
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Published 11 October 2013