Impact Stories | Global Development Network

BENIN | Mapping Biodiversity of Local Forest Food Products to Boost Food and Nutrition Security in Benin

Dr. Ir. Flora Chadare is an agricultural engineer, who specializes in food science and nutrition. In 2015, she received a Japanese award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) of 10,000 USD to continue her research on local resources to improve food security.

INDIA & BANGLADESH | Promoting Climate Resilient Livelihoods in Vulnerable Areas through Float Farming

In 2016, SAFE won an MIDP Award of 30,000 USD and the JSDF Award of 200,000 USD in 2017, to implement their project on hydroponic aquafarming aimed at improving climate resilience of indigenous smallholders.

BANGLADESH | Piloting solarized digital schools to guarantee high quality education for children in rural Bangladesh

In 2015, the JAAGO Foundation won the second prize of the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) of 10,000 USD for its digital schooling approach with solar energy in remote areas in Bangladesh.

PAKISTAN | Providing Accessible and Affordable Education to Children from Marginalized Communities, through Radio

Fakhira Najib is the Chief Executive Officer of Power99 Foundation, a non- profit development organization focused on improving accessibility and affordability of education for children in Pakistan. She has developed the ‘Broadclass – Listen to Learn’ radio program for improving literacy and numeracy, and promoting healthy habits in children.

PERU | Analyzing the effects of social interactions between economically disadvantaged and wealthy students at a Peruvian university

In 2016, Dr. Marcos Agurto won the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) of 30,000 USD towards the implementation of his research on the effects of social interactions between wealthy and scholarship students, at a university in Peru

Kenya | Understanding the socio-economic consequences of impact investments

Five Questions with Soazic Elise Wang Sonne, a Young Professional wih the World Bank Group, whose main research interest is on the intersection of applied development impact evaluation in conflict and fragile settings using quantitative data. Soazic is a strong advocate of research transparency and reproducibility in social sciences.

Côte d’Ivoire | Impacting poverty through microfinance for women

Gloria Uwingabiye is a Research Fellow at the EIB-GDN program in Applied Development Finance, where she studied the impact of microfinance.

Senegal | Impact Assessments for Better Business

Hamidou Jawara is a lecturer at the University of The Gambia and a research associate of the Center for Policy Research and Strategic Studies in The Gambia.

Kenya | Impact Evaluation in Challenging Times

Five Questions with Laura Nelima Barasa, lecturer at the University of Nairobi, School of Economics and certified European Investment Bank-Global Development Network fellow in Applied Development Finance

Indonesia | Advocating for Scientific Temper

Five questions with Inaya Rakhmani, Associate Professor, Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG), Indonesia, who has been involved with the Global Development Network’s Doing Research program.

El Salvador | Researchers, use your talents

Five questions with Helga Cuéllar-Marchelli, Director of the Department of Social Studies of the Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUSADES).

ACP Countries | The Next Generation of Researchers

Q&A with Emmanuel Jimenez, Executive Director of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), and advisor to the European Investment Bank-Global Development Network Program in Applied Development Finance.

Paraguay | Building 100% employability in Latin America

In 2012-2014, the Global Development Network supported Martin Burt and the Fundacion Paraguay through the Japan Social Development Fund award.

Global Perspective | Jyotsna Puri

Five Questions with Dr. Jyotsna (Jo) Puri, Head, Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate Fund, a global fund created to support the efforts of developing countries to respond to the challenge of climate change.

Romania | Use Data, Base your Conclusions on Facts

Five Questions with Corina Murafa, Managing Director of Ashoka in Romania, and former GDN grantee, who has always focused, in her various professional engagements, on producing long-lasting positive change in Romania.

Impact Stories and Evaluations | Global Development Awards Competition

The Global Development Network has been awarding researchers and development practitioners for exemplary work in research and development projects, respectively with the support of the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan.

Ethiopia | The planet is full of interactions that ultimately impact society

Five Questions with Mengistu Ketema, Associate Professor, School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management and Director, Research Extension and Publication Office at Haramaya University in Ethiopia.

BroadClass - Listen to Learn

Read about POWER99 Foundation's project 'Broad Class - Listen to Learn' which uses radio as an interactive tool for inclusive, holistic and child centered education in Pakistan.

Africa | Of Digitalization and Development : What does the future hold for African manufacturing?

Five Questions with Karishma Banga, Senior Research Officer, Overseas Development Institute. Karishma talks about how Africans are affected by digitalization.

Myanmar | Data Sharing to Stop Human Trafficking

Five Questions with Hasina Kharbhih, Founder, Impulse NGO Network who has wored on stopping human trafficking since she was a teenager. She is a GDN grantee having won an award for the Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP).

Colombia | Human Displacement – Lessons from Colombia

Five Questions with Ana Maria Ibañez, Professor Universidad de los Andes, Rice Visiting Professor, MacMillan Center, Yale University.

Madagascar | Counting the Wealth of Nature

Five Questions with Professor Solofo Rakotondraompiana, Remote Sensing and Environmental Geophysics Laboratory, Institute & Observatory of Geophysics, University of Antananarivo.

Peru | It's High Time for Good Governance

Five Questions with Miguel Jaramillo, Executive Director of the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), one of the most influential think tanks in the Americas. He has also recently joined the Social Protection Committee in Peru, and is a member of GDN's Alumni.

Sri Lanka | Boosting Farmers' Resilience

Five Questions with Kanchana Wickramasinghe, Research Economist at the Institute of Policy Studies in Sri Lanka, and winner of the US$30,000 First Prize of the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research, administered by the Global Development Network in 2014.

Global Perspective | Local Research Can Improve Lives

Five Questions with Ramona Angelescu Naqvi, Director of Programs at the Global Development Network (GDN). Ramona provides strategic oversight to the organization's research capacity building programs across the globe. She has written on global governance, migration and capacity building.

Bhutan | Research is Key to the Development of my Country

Five Questions with Dr. Phanchung, who took over as the Director General of the Department of Research and External Relations at the Royal University of Bhutan from August 2015

India | Climate Change : Awareness about the risks to livelihood, health and environment are most important.

Five Questions with Subir Sen from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India, who received a grant from the Global Development Network to study "Understanding farmers risk perceptions and farm-level risk management policies in India: Do policies serve their requirement?

Seasonal food shortages in Afghanistan

Czech Government’s economic advisory board NERV, in 2013 young scholar Vojtěch Bartoš received funding of USD 9,000 through the GDN funded Regional Research Competitions administered by CERGE-EI

Urbanization and Development

In 2012, two researchers from the University of Yaoundé Ii-Soa received a grant from GDN, to conduct systematic research on integration of suburban specificities in the decentralization process in Cameroon

The Commuting Worker

In 2012, Indian scholars, S. Chandrasekhar and Ajay Sharma won the Japanese Award Outstanding Research on Development, administered by GDN and funded by the Government of Japan.

The Gender Wage Gap in Macedonia

In 2013, Macedonian research scholars Marjan Petreski, Nikica MojskoskaBlazevski and Plagica Petreski won the second place in the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development,

Labor Market Effects

In 2013, Ecuadorian researcher Sara Wong won the first prize of Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development, with a proposal to study the effect of mandatory social security enrolment for the maid labour sector in Ecuador

Rural hometown investing

Two researchers from Philippines were awarded the first prize for the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development in 2011 with a grant to develop the Remittance Investment Climate Analysis in Rural Hometowns (RICART)

Cities are the Future

In 2007, and for the first time in human history, more than 50 percent of the world’s population lived in urban areas. That year, GDN decided to support research studies looking at this issue.

More Robust Research Systems

Only 2.3% of all reearch articles globally had one African researcher or less. Are least developed countries really participating in their own development?

Building Institutional Research Capacity

A GDN success story in which it partnered with three educational establishments to ensure that they can build up a research agenda and culture of their own.

Tracking Public Expenditure

A GDN success story in which public sector accountability was improved.

Building Climate Resilience

A GDN supported study recommended the enactment of laws on pre-disaster recovery planning in the Phillipines

Saving the Environment

A story about how GDN fosters connections between researchers from ecologically threatened countries in Africa and worldwide experts.

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