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Brief Description
Research based evidence on the effectiveness on Japanese aid in Ghana. Part of a global project being undertaken by the Evidence based Policy Development Network (EBPD)
PDA coordinated the planning workshop held in Accra in October 2007 for this project for representatives of various organisations taking part in the global project. The workshop helped generate the terms of reference for the research carried out at the national leve. The focus of the research was on Japanese aid as Japan would be hosting and chairing the 2008 G8 meeting. The research in Ghana commemced in December 2007 and ended in March 2008. The evidence generated on the effectivess of Japanese aid from the Ghana study was incorporated into a global synthesis report that would be used to engage Japan and other G8 countries with a view of influencing the policy outcomes of the TICAD and G8 meetings in 2008. The global EBPDN is supported by ODI RAPID programme
Baseline Survey on Knowledge and Practices around Disaster Risk Reduction
PDA conducted the research in 20 communities using participatory methods to collect and analyse information on socio-economic conditions of the communities, hazards, vulnerability, capacity analysis, impact of disasters, climate change among other related issues. The findings of the survey have been used by AAIG to engage relevant stakeholders at all levels for their support and commitment towards implementing its Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools Program in the Upper East Region
International Survey of Key Stakeholder Perception of Multilateral Organisation Effectiveness
A pilot project was carried out in six countries by ODI to investigate the perception of a range of stakeholders on the effectiveness of seven selected multilatepal donor organisations. These organisations included African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (AsDB), the European Commission (EC), the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM), UNICEF, UNDP and the World Bank.
PDA coordinated the project in Ghana and was involved in idnetifying 50 top-level "well informed people" within five different stakeholder groups; government, parliament, civil service, civil society and private sector to take part in the survey. A planning meeting was organised for all the country coordinators in Septembers to review the findings after which dissemination seminars were held early December 2007 to discuss the research findings in Ghana and the other countries with a wider audience in Ghana. The seminars were organsied for the different stakeholder groups and and for represenatatives from the multilateral and bilateral donors in Ghana.
Baseline survey on dialogue and power and Poverty
PDA provided technical support, coodinated field work and collected and analysed and wrote the research report for this baseline study in AAIG's six programme areas. The findings of the research have been used do establish benchmarks for monitoring and evaluating the impact of AAIG country strategy paper.
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