Strengthening Institutional Capacity in Africa
African public policy institutes engage in multidisciplinary research

Research papers in the first collaborative research effort between GDN and one of its RNPs, the African Economic Research Centre (AERC), are in the process of taking final shape and will be presented at a concluding workshop in Nairobi in September 2009.

The overarching objective of this UNDP-funded project, titled “Institutional Capacity Strengthening of African Public Policy Institutes to Support Inclusive Growth and the MDGs’ Project,” is to provide support to enhance knowledge management capacity for African Policy Research Institutes and networks, with a particular focus on tackling the issues of poverty and hunger within the global Millennium Development Goals framework.

The US$1-million project sought to strengthen multi-disciplinary research capacity on poverty analysis and contribute to bridging the gap between research and policy on poverty reduction and sustainable development.

Working with Africa-based institutions over an 18-month period (March 2008–August 2009), this project aimed at enhancing knowledge management capacity of these participating institutions and their networks of social scientists. Decisions on final allocations to each of the 5 institutions based on their individual proposals were made in August 2008. Two workshops were subsequently held to discuss the draft papers. Feedback from resource persons and other participants will be used to finalize the drafts in the coming months.

These papers are as follows:

INSTITUTES LIST OF PAPERS
Centre of Development Studies - CDS (South Africa) and Department of Geography, University of Zambia (Zambia) Decentralization, Urban Poverty, Food Shortages and Urban Agriculture
Role of Urban Agriculture in addressing Poverty and Food Security: The Case of South Africa and Zambia
Assessing the Role of Urban Agriculture in Addressing Poverty in South Africa
African Institute for Economic Development and Planning –IDEP (Senegal) Micro Financing as a means of Reducing Extreme Poverty: The Case of Senegal and Gambia
Long Term Growth and the MDGS
Educational Expenditure and Outcome: The Case of Senegal
Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research - ISSER (Ghana) Urbanization and Urban Poverty in Ghana
Analysis of Inter-Regional Inequalities in Ghana
Female Education, Fertility and Labour Force Participation in Ghana
Capitation Grant and School Feeding Program: Impacts on Education and Performance
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis - KIPPRA (Kenya) Education, Training and Youth Unemployment in Kenya
Effectiveness of Foreign Aid on Poverty Reduction in Kenya
Land Policy and Poverty Reduction in Kenya
Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research - NISER (Nigeria) Growth, Employment Generation and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
Privatization and Commercialization of Public Services Delivery in Nigeria
Impacts of Price Changes on Poverty in Nigeria

All papers prepared under this project will be initially published in the GDN Working Paper Series. Additional targeted publication outlets include a special issue of a Journal with a focus on Africa and an edited book volume in the GDN-Edward Elgar Global Development Series. It is also planned that the institutions will prepare short Policy Briefs on the final papers.

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