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Training course in Research Methodology for Graduate Students |
| April 2007 - April 2007 |
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| The SRC designs and implements a training course in research methodology for graduate students receiving fellowships from AMIDEAST to study abroad. |
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Emerging Democratic Practices in Rural Egypt |
| January 2007 - December 2007 |
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| This is a one-year research project to be carried out in collaboration between the Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo and the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. The project investigates changes in political and social practices in rural Egypt with a focus on aspects of democratic practice and good governance in a number of selected social institutions. The project specifically examines the extent to which the emerging "rights culture" has impacted on, or interacted with traditional social and cultural institutions at the local level in rural Egypt. |
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| The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute: |
$89,437 |
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Support for Training in Reproductive Health & Policy Formulation |
| January 2007 - December 2009 |
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| This grant covers 30 scholarship funds to continue supporting the two highly called upon regional training programs offered by the Social Research Center, for the adoption of effective policies and interventions with special emphasis on Reproductive Health, Family Planning and Equity in the Arab Region. |
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| Hewlett Foundation: |
$150,000 |
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Social Science Partnership in Development, Phase III |
| October 2006 - September 2009 |
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| This grant fund phase III of the research training program entitled "Social Science Partnership in Development". The program is a regional internship and training program sensitive to the needs of development activities in the health and population field in the Arab region. |
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| Wellcome Trust: |
LE3,346,417 |
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The Implementation of the Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Program (LAMP) |
| October 2006 - December 2008 |
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| The SRC conducts a survey on a sample of 14.276 families to measure the illiteracy ratio at regional and national levels. |
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Bank's Survey |
| October 2006 - November 2006 |
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| This is a supplementary bank survey which assesses bank's capacity and willingness to enter the enterprise credit segment. |
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Annual Program of Regional Workshops on Reproductive Health- Phase IV |
| September 2006 - August 2009 |
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| This grant is in support of SRC's annual program of regional workshops on reproductive health and research on key reproductive health topics. |
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| Ford Foundation: |
$300,000 |
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Evaluation of the provider incentive payments pilot on reproductive health services in the Egyptian Health Sector Reform Programme |
| June 2006 - May 2007 |
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| The main goal of this study is to further the development District Provider Organizations' capacity to effectively and efficiently manage contractual arrangements for the Basic Benefit Package as well as other types of financing and payment reforms.
Objectives:
1. Assess the impact of the provider incentive scheme on the quality of care (including patient responsiveness) and health facility performance with focus on reproductive health services.
2. Examine the satisfaction of DPO officials and health care providers with the incentive payment scheme and the capacity of the DPO to effectively manage the scheme. |
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| World Health Organization (WHO): |
LE619,977 |
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Training course in Research Methodology for Graduate Students |
| May 2006 - May 2006 |
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| The project designs and implements a training course in research methodology for graduate students receiving fellowships from AMIDEAST to study abroad. |
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Investment Climate Assessment (ICA 2006) |
| May 2006 - June 2006 |
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| The aim of the ICA is to support the Ministry of Investment in designing its priority reforms to improve the investment climate. The ICA needs to be strongly policy oriented, providing quantitative measurements of the nature of challenges and hence allowing reform recommendations.
The ICA includes a quantitative assessment of the Egyptian investment climate using a firm-level survey. The assessment covers a sample of about 1500 firms of 10 employees or more representing the main regions of Egypt; Urban Governorates, Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.
Objective of ICA 2006 is to study the impact of the economic reform policies in improving the investment climate and to investigate the nature of challenges in services sector |
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Providing Technical Assistance to Develop "Egypt National Planning Report for Conducting
the Literacy Assessment and Monitoring program (LAMP)"
the Literacy Assessment and Monitoring program (LAMP)" |
| May 2006 - June 2006 |
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| The SRC provided technical assistance to draft a National Planning Report (NPR) to enable Adult Education Authority (AEA) to implement LAMP. The NPR provides a preliminary indication of the sample design and implementation strategy for LAMP. |
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| USAID/ American Institutes for Research (AIR)/ Education Reform Program (ERP): |
$5,000 |
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Urban Inequities Study |
| April 2006 - April 2007 |
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| United Nations Human Settlements Program Monitoring System Branch (MSB), UN-HABITAT, and Ford Foundation
The activity is a collaborative work between the Social Research Center and the UN-Habitat Monitoring System Branch (MSB) and under auspices of the National Population Council.
This study investigates the wide disparities in health and livelihood status between the slum and non-slum parts of Cairo and to provide sufficient and comprehensive small area statistics that can facilitate local budgeting and policy planning. Overall the goal of this program is to be addressed on international, national and local levels. Apart from the SRC activity, UN-Habitat is including a random sample of large cities of at least 100,000 populations from developing countries regions in this study. |
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| The United Nations Human Settlements Programmes (UN-HABITAT): |
$208,000 |
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Pathways of Women's Empowerment Research Programme Consortium (RPC) |
| February 2006 - January 2011 |
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| Research Program Consortium (RPC) consisting of:
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Center for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CGSA), University of Ghana
Nucleus for Interdisciplinary Women’s Studies (NEIM), Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Social Research Centre (SRC), the American University in Cairo, Egypt
Shirkat Gah, Pakistan
RCP is conducting a systematic, multi-site enquiry into the catalysts of change in favour of women’s empowerment that have had broader transformative effects in reducing poverty, inequality and injustice. The aim is to better understand the pre-conditions for successful strategies for women’s empowerment that can be sensitive to differences in cultural, political and policy context. The focus is both on the strategies pursued by social actors in seeking change in gendered power relations and on the confluence of factors that create enabling conditions for such changes |
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| DFID, The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, United Kingdom: |
$790,890 |
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Access to Finance – Banks Modules |
| January 2006 - March 2006 |
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| The objective of the survey is to investigate the banks role in access to finance. The survey covers around 47 banks and collects information on banks’ credit policy and procedures. |
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Working Family Nexus in Egypt |
| December 2005 - May 2006 |
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| This study explored the work-related sources of married men's and women's adherence to ideals of gender equality and women's empowerment and associations between adherence to these ideals and the ways in which married men and women negotiate work- and family-related commitments. SRC conducted 12 focus-groups discussions in the greater Cairo area. |
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Research to Inform Policies and Programs Enhancing Choice and Opportunity for Women and Young People in Arab Countries |
| October 2005 - September 2007 |
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| SRC is undertaking two programs of research and activities which address current knowledge and capacity gaps in the field of youth and gender:
1. Pathways for Empowerment: Engaging with the Practical Lives of Arab Women
2. Youth, Civil Society and Empowerment. Networking with other research centers and NGO's active in the field of gender and research to engage in a participatory process of review, research Design, implementation and create a critical mass of researchers working on women's daily lives. |
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| Ford Foundation: |
$295,000 |
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Child Protection in Egypt: A Proposed Plan of Action |
| October 2005 - February 2007 |
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| This study reviews the needs, initiatives and policies at the national and international levels and recommends effective policies and programs |
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| The NGO for Coalition on Child Rights: |
LE250,000 |
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A Field Survey of Skills Needs in Egyptian Labor Market |
| September 2005 - June 2006 |
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| UNIFEM: Under the auspices of the Ministry of Investment a second phase of an Investment Climate Assessment of Egypt for 300 firms was conducted. The aim of this survey was to provide the Ministry of Investment and relevant policy makers with needed information to formulate policies for enhancing the abilities of Egyptian workers and increasing the national and foreign direct investment.
UNDP: SRC prepared a comprehensive study on the necessary skills for women required by the labor market from the perspective of the firm. |
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| UNDP: |
LE62,972 |
| UNIFEM: |
LE40,460 |
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Working Papers Series: Nassar, Heba. "Skills Requirements of the Egyptian Labor Market: A gender perspective (Manufacturing Sector) Report of a Field Survey |
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Participatory Assessment Tools to Research Violence against Children |
| June 2005 - September 2005 |
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| The proposed study aims at providing a case study to be incorporated in the UNCEF draft handbook on participatory assessment in researching violence against children. The study focuses on street children and addresses all types of violence directed towards them, using different approaches. The participation of children is a basic feature of the study. |
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Training course in Research Methodology for Graduate Students |
| June 2005 - June 2005 |
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| The project designs and implements a training course in research methodology for graduate students receiving fellowships from AMIDEAST to study abroad. |
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