Impact Initiative: Recent submissions
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Disability, Poverty, and Schooling in Post-civil War in Sierra Leone
(Springer Nature, 2020)Sierra Leone has invested in education after the civil war but it is unclear if persons with disabilities have benefited from this effort. In 2009, we conducted a household field survey in 17 randomly selected localities ... -
Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures
(MIT Press, 2020)This paper demonstrates the acute sensitivity of education program effectiveness to the choices of inputs and outcome measures, using a randomized evaluation of a mother-tongue literacy program. The program raises reading ... -
Assessment of progress in education for children and youth with disabilities in Afghanistan: A multilevel analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys
(PLoSONE, 2019)Recent study shows that 617 million children and adolescents–or six out of 10 globally- are not acquiring minimum levels in literacy and mathematics, indicating the magnitude of the learning acquisition problem. For children ... -
Education and Disability in a Conflict Affected Context: Are Children With Disabilities Less Likely to Learn and be Protected in Darfur?
(Elsevier, 2018)The Sustainable Development Goal four aims at ensuring inclusive, free and equitable quality education. In a conflict setting such as Western Darfur, the education system has been destroyed, leaving millions of children ... -
Using Ethnography and 'Real Literacies' to Develop a Curriculum for English Literacy Teaching for Young Deaf Adults in India
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)This paper reports on an international collaborative project working with deaf learners of English literacy (19–28 years old) in five locations in India: Indore; Vadadora; Comibatore; Pattambi; and Thrissur. Indian Sign ... -
Methodological Lessons on Measuring Quality Teaching in Southern Contexts, with a Focus on India and Pakistan
(SAGE, 2019)Quantifying the impact of teaching quality on pupil learning, and understanding what teacher characteristics or practices are likely to improve student achievement, are pressing research questions in all countries. Empirical ... -
Transformative Gains Through Investing in the Early Years? The Case for Focusing on Early Childhood Development
(ASER, 2019)There is a strong case to be made for investing in a child's early years. The period from pre-conception to 8 years in particular is a period of intense brain functioning and development.The foundations for lifelong learning ... -
Handbook on Measuring Equity in Education
(UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2018)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide the mandate for a strong focus on equity in education, aiming to ensure that the most disadvantaged children and young people have the same opportunities as others. SDG 4 ... -
Donor Scorecard: Just Beginning: Addressing Inequality in Donor Funding for Early Childhood Development
(Theirworld, 2018)Given this global commitment to early childhood development, it is vital to identify the extent to which investments are being made to realise the promise. Many donors recognise the evidence that shows the importance of ... -
Identifying Disability in Household Surveys: Evidence on Education Access and Learning for Children with Disabilities in Pakistan
(REAL Centre, University of Cambridge, 2018)This policy brief presents key findings from data on education of children with disabilities in Pakistan with respect to both access and learning. It draws on data from on-going research as part of the ESRC-DFID funded ... -
School Enrolment and Learning Outcomes for Children with Disabilities: Findings from a Household Survey in Pakistan
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)This paper presents findings from household data collected as part of the Annual Survey of Education conducted in rural Punjab in 2015, which included questions on disability developed by the Washington Group on Disability ... -
Estimated Prevalence of Disability and Developmental Delay Among Preschool Children in Rural Malawi: Findings from Tikule Limodzi, a Cross-sectional Survey
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2020)Early childhood development (ECD) is a critical stage in children's lives, influencing future development and social integration. ECD research among children with disability and developmental delay in low‐ and middle‐income ... -
Assessing 'Approaches to Learning' in Botswana, Ghana and Kenya
(SAGE, 2019)The concept of ‘approaches to learning’ (Marton, 1976) has long assumed a position of central importance in the analysis of student learning outcomes. However, constructing effective measures of students’ approaches to ... -
Supporting Children with Disabilities in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: Promoting Inclusive Practice within Community-Based Childcare Centres in Malawi through a Bioecological Systems Perspective
(Springer, 2018)Given the narrow scope and conceptualisation of inclusion for young children with disabilities in research within low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) contexts, we draw on a bioecological systems perspective to propose ... -
Community-led Housing and Urban Livelihoods: Measuring Employment in Low-income Housing Delivery
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019)This paper explores a significant gap in knowledge about the employment impacts of community-led, low-income housing production, and the complex intersections between rights to housing, rights to work, and international ... -
Urban Crises and the Informal Economy: Surviving, Managing, Thriving in Post-Conflict Cities
(UN-Habitat, 2020)Political upheaval or violent conflict is often characterised by a fundamental failure of governance and the destruction of local economies, and yet in the aftermath of conflict, through informal mechanisms of survival and ... -
Urban Refugee Economies: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(IIED, 2018)Over 60 per cent of the world’s refugees live in urban environments, but host governments often restrict their right to work, forcing urban refugees into precarious and often informal economy livelihoods. Through a case ... -
Local Economic Development, Micro-entreprise and Crime Reduction: Lessons from Cali, Colombia
(UN-Habitat, 2018)This Policy Brief argues that successful initiatives to tackle Cali’s exceptionally high homicide rates also have potential for local economic development, and suggests ways that the significant value-added by informal ... -
Determining Dimensions of Poverty Applicable in China: A Qualitative Study in Guizhou
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)While China has succeeded in dramatically reducing income poverty, it is increasingly recognized that poverty is multidimensional. Moreover, all countries are expected under the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to halve ... -
Anti-poverty Policies and Discourses of Blame in China
(Australian National University, 2019)Under Xi Jinping, the Chinese authorities have promised to eradicate rural poverty in the country by 2020. Since it was first announced, this goal has entered the popular imagination, becoming a major engine of policy ...