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Call for Proposals: Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World, 11/06

Call for Proposals

Source: http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=1095

GDN announces the launch of its fifth Global Research Project ?Promoting Innovative Programs from the Developing World: Towards Realizing the Health MDGs in Africa and Asia?.

Submissions are invited from researchers, NGOs, private sector organizations or governments, from and/or operating in developing and transition countries.

The USD 5.9 million project involves conducting extensive impact evaluations and cost-effectiveness analyses of both about-to-be-launched and ongoing health and health-related programs from the developing and transition world. In the case of about-to-be-launched programs, the research will employ both experimental design methodology and quasi-experimental designs. In the case of ongoing programs the evaluation will use the best-possible versions of quasi-experimental designs.

The goals of the project

Conduct extensive impact evaluations of previously unrecognized interventions from the developing and transition world with the greatest potential for replication and contributing to the achievement of the three Millennium Development Goals - MDGs (reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases). Accumulate a body of empirical evidence based on world-class evaluations to inform the decisions of national policymakers and international donors. Assess the accuracy of quasi-experimental designs as a practical means of conducting evaluations on a routine basis. Who can apply?
Researchers can apply as independent evaluators of programs; managers of NGO programs, private sector managed development programs and government programs can submit applications for high-quality evaluations of projects they implement in health and related fields.

Why apply?
Researchers who apply will receive funds for conducting an international standard impact evaluation research project and will benefit from high-quality mentoring and interaction with international experts, networking with researchers from around the world, and development of program evaluation skills and expertise in best-practice impact evaluation techniques.

Program managers who apply will benefit through marketable and publishable international standard evaluations with credible results that can be confidently presented to donors. GDN will also promote the most promising programs with international donors and policymakers to facilitate fund raising.

The last date for submissions is October 31, 2006

Apply Now

Read the detailed call-for-proposals More>> http://www.gdnet.org/pdf2/announcements/Call%20for%20Proposals_GDN.pdf Guidelines for submission More>> http://www.gdnet.org/pdf2/announcements/Guidelines%20for%20submission_GDN.doc

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