• Flexible strategies for coping with rainfall variability: seasonal adjustments in cropped area in the Ganges basin 

  Siderius, Christian; Biemanns, Hester; van Walsum, Paul E. V.; van Ierland, Ekko C.; Kabat, Pavel; Hellegers, Petra J.G.J. (Ulrich Melcher, Oklahoma State University, United States, 2019-03)

  One of the main manifestations of climate change will be increased rainfall variability. How to deal with this in agriculture will be a major societal challenge. In this paper we explore flexibility in land use, through ...
• Future climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution 

  Imbach, Pablo; Chou, Sin Chan; Lyra, André; Rodrigues, Daniela; Rodriguez, Daniel; Latinovic, Dragan; Siqueira, Gracielle; Silva, Adan; Garofolo, Lucas; Georgiou, Selena (PLOS ONE, 2018-04)

  The objective of this work is to assess the downscaling projections of climate change over Central America at 8-km resolution using the Eta Regional Climate Model, driven by the HadGEM2-ES simulations of RCP4.5 emission ...
• Informe final del proyecto - Seguridad hidrica y cambio climatico en la region de América central y el Caribe 15 de julio de 2016 

  Picado Trana, Freddy; Moran, Miroslava (IDRC / Centro del agua del tropico humedo para América latina et el Caribe (CATHALAC), 2016-07)

  El problema fundamental de investigación fue el de reducir la brecha existente entre el conocimiento científico sobre los impactos del cambio climático en los recursos hídricos, y los esfuerzos que desarrollan las instituciones ...
• Adaptation to climate change or non-climatic stressors in semi-arid regions? Evidence of gender differentiation in three agrarian districts of Ghana 

  Ahmed, Abubakari; Lawson, Elaine T.; Mensah, Adelina; Gordon, Chris; Padgham, Jon (Elsevier, 2016-08)

  With the increasing impacts of climate change in Africa, a relationship between rainfall and yields in semi-arid Ghana has been observed. Drawing insights from three agrarian societies in the semi-arid region of Ghana using ...
• Building the capacity of future leaders in economics in West and Central Africa Rapport final 

  Programme de troisième cycle interuniversitaire en économie (PTCI); Programme de troisième cycle interuniversitaire en économie (PTCI); Nestor, Tito Dr. (Programme de troisième cycle interuniversitaire en économie (PTCI), 2019-02)

  La création du Programme de troisième cycle interuniversitaire en économie (PTCI) répond au souci de réduire les inefficacités internes et externes du système d'enseignement supérieur en Afrique francophone; lesquelles ...
• New interventions for a changing world celebrating African women scientists on the frontlines of climate change 

  Zomahoun, Thierry (African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Women in STEM Initiative (AIMSWIS), 2018-10)

  Through this publication we seek to promote awareness of the valuable contributions that African women can and are making to science, particularly climate science, and promote the incredible stories of female African climate ...
• The global landscape of gender lens investing 

  Maheshwari, Prachi; Gokhale, Amar; Agarwal, Niharika; Makena, Agnes; Borthakur, Shreejit (Intellecap, 2019-02)

  This report will be valuable for various ecosystem stakeholders including investors, women entrepreneurs, researchers, financial advisors and intermediaries, academia, regulatory agencies and government policymakers, ...
• Improving youth employment training in Egypt 

  Mansour, Malak (Education for Employment Egypt, 2019-02)

  EFE-Egypt committed to the research questions outlined in the initial proposal and work plan. Such questions include: What skills and competencies are required to effectively train youth to meet labor market demands? What ...
• African dreams : locating urban infrastructure in the 2030 sustainable developmental agenda 

  Pieterse, Edgar; Parnell, Susan; Haysom, Gareth (Taylor & Francis, 2018-02-01)

  This paper examines African urban infrastructure and service delivery as an entry point for connecting African aspirations with the harsh developmental imperatives of urban management, creating a dialogue between scholarly ...
• Capacity for agricultural research for development (C4R4D) in Sub-Saharan Africa Final Technical Report 

  Bamba, Zoumana; Kuiseu, Julienne (2018-10)

  The Project is for three years and its objective will be achieved through four expected outputs: (i) research, communication and leadership capacities, and skills of students to undertake quality AR4D sustainably strengthened; ...
• Ecological and social basis for the development of a sand barrier breaching model in Laguna de Rocha, Uruguay 

  Conde, Daniel; Solari, Sebastian; de Alava, Daniel; Rodriguez-Gallego, Lorena; Verrastro, Natalia; Chreties, Christian; Lagos, Ximena; Pineiro, Gustavo; Teixera, Luis; Seijo, Leonardo; Vitancurt, Javier; Caymaris, Hector; Panario, Daniel (Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Elsevier., 2019-02)

  Sand barrier complex dynamics play a key role in defining coastal lagoon structure and functioning. Artificial manipulation of these dynamics for biased reasons (e.g., controlling floods, improving fisheries) aggravates ...
• Women, inequality and smuggling in the Ecuadorian borders / Mujeres, inequidad y contrabando en las fronteras ecuatorianas 

  Donoso, Claudia (Estado & comunes, revista de politicas y problemas publicos, no. 5, vol. 2, julio-diciembre de 2017, 119-134 p., 2017-03)

  A web of power relationships at the border have perpetuated intersectional inequalities that led women to become smugglers of fuel and propane cylinders in the border zones shared with Peru and Colombia, in El Oro and ...
• Final report of the external evaluation of the Think Tank Initiative September 2013 

  Young, John; Hauck, Volker; Engel, Paul (European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), 2013-09)

  This report presents the findings of the 2013 External Evaluation of the Think Tank Initiative program, a multi-donor program dedicated to strengthening the capacity of independent policy research institutions in 20 ...
• Think Tank Initiative - Second interim evaluation report - Executive summary 

  NIRAS Indevelop (NIRAS Indevelop, 2017-11)

  In 2015, the Think Tank Initiative elected for an accompaniment approach as a means to assessing results and receive independent, timely and actionable feedback for Phase 2 of TTI programming (2015-2019). It contracted the ...
• 2018 Policy community survey - Global report prepared for the Think Tank Initiative Feb. 2019 

  Hazime, Nadia; Binbrek, Salim; Femke, De Man (Globescan, 2019-02)

  In 2018, the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) commissioned GlobeScan a global stakeholder research consultancy, to conduct a survey of policy stakeholders in three regions: Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Through the ...
• Think tank initiative 2018 Policy community survey Final report on Africa May 3 2018 

  Binbrek, Salim; Femke, De Man (Globescan, 2018-05)

  In 2018, the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) commissioned GlobeScan a global stakeholder research consultancy, to conduct a survey of policy stakeholders in three regions: Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Through the ...
• Think tank initiative 2018 Policy community survey Final report on South Asia June 28, 2018 

  Hazime, Nadia; Salim, Binbrek; Femke, De Man (Globescan, 2018-06)

  In 2018, the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) commissioned GlobeScan a global stakeholder research consultancy, to conduct a survey of policy stakeholders in three regions: Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Through the ...
• Think tank initiative 2018 Policy community survey Final report on Latin America July 27th, 2018 

  Hazime, Nadia; Salim, Binbrek; Femke, De Man (Globescan, 2018-07)

  In 2018, the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) commissioned GlobeScan a global stakeholder research consultancy, to conduct a survey of policy stakeholders in three regions: Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Through the ...
• Think tank initiative 2018 Policy community survey Final report on Indonesia 

  Hazime, Nadia; Femke, De Man; Salim, Binbrek (Globescan and Think Tank Initiative, 2019-01)

  In 2018, the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) commissioned GlobeScan a global stakeholder research consultancy, to conduct a survey of policy stakeholders in three regions: Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Through the ...
• Implementation science : epidemiology and feeding profiles of the Chagas vector Triatoma Dimidiata prior to Ecohealth intervention for three locations in Central America 

  Lima-Cordon, Raquel Asuncion; Stevens, Lori; Solorzano Ortiz, Elizabeth; Rodas, Gabriela Anaité; Castellanos, Salvador; Rodas, Antonieta; Abrego, Vianney; Zuniga Valeriano, Concepcion; Monroy, Maria Carlota (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018-11)

  Blood feeding insects from the subfamily Triatomine are involved in the transmission of Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, a neglected tropical disease endemic from southern Mexico through ...

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