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for strategic planning and organizational sustainability This  organizational effectiveness (OE) grant supports EPIC-Africa  to carry out a capacity building 
project to strengthen the organization’s operational capacity to effectively manage and sustain 
imminent and rapid scale up.
for general operating support IDinsight designs, deploys, and promotes evidence-generating tools designed to help organizations to combat poverty worldwide. The organization’s guiding principle is to inform decision makers’ priorities, maximizing rigor with decision makers’ budgetary, time, and operational constraints. IDinsight’s goals include building long partnerships that help governments improve specific policies and programs while simultaneously building their capacity to use evidence; expanding its data innovation work (including survey infrastructure that allows for data collection faster and at 10-50% of the cost of traditional surveys); and sharing its tools and learnings with others. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for support for the University of Ghana's training of population studies scholars None
for phase II of TrustAfrica's strategic planning process With this organizational effectiveness grant, TrustAfrica will: i) align its program architecture, staff capabilities and tools to its updated theory of change and new strategy for 2016-2020; and ii) review and strengthen its framework and systems for monitoring, evaluation and learning under the new strategy.
for a project to strengthen support among business leaders for aid reform and improved trade policy None
for advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights This grant will allow the International Planned Parenthood Federation Africa Regional Office (IPPF ARO) to provide technical and funding support to member associations in 14 countries for advocacy activities to ensure that sexual and reproductive health and rights remain a priority in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals. Consistent with the foundation’s new substrategy for advocacy, IPPF ARO will work with the member associations to identify local policy priorities and match them with the technical assistance necessary to be effective in national policy processes.
for membership development, travel grants program, and international outreach The Population Association of America (PAA) is the leading organization of professional demographers in the United States and the largest population association in the world, with more than 3,000 members. The PAA fosters interdisciplinary research on the causes and impact of population dynamics and its implications for policies and programs worldwide. For more than twenty years, the Foundation has supported Association initiatives to build the developing world’s capacity to produce high-quality demographic research. This recommended grant would continue support for a competitive travel grant program that brings scholars from developing countries to the Association’s annual meetings, keeping them connected to current research, methodologies, and professional networks. The project also supports the PAA’s newest initiative to strengthen population science associations in developing regions.
for SEGA to evaluate FUNDAEC's Tutorial Learning System in Honduras for expansion to Africa None
for support of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's international program Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s international program, Planned Parenthood Global, provides funding and technical assistance for reproductive health advocacy, education, and services through partnerships with nongovernmental organizations in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. This grant will support Planned Parenthood Global’s efforts to develop the capacity of these partners to advocate for better reproductive health policies, particularly in East and West Africa. It is aligned with the Global Reproductive Equity strategy.
for support of the East Africa Social Science Translation Collaborative The East African Social Science Training Collaborative (EASST) enables East African researchers to conduct impact evaluations of social and economic programs, generating evidence for public policy-making. Researchers receive fellowships at the University of California at Berkeley, and grants to carry out field studies; build capacity in African universities, and engage with governments.
for development of policy recommendations to increase U.S. leadership on women's global health This grant supports a project to advance bipartisan U.S. support under the next Administration and Congress for women’s global health as an essential component of U.S. global health policy, building on the investments already made, including in family planning and reproductive health.  The project seeks to ensure that the new Administration and Congress continue the momentum, implement commitments, and prioritize key recommendations in the area of women’s global health, regardless of the outcome of the November elections.  The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will convene a Gender Working Group to develop a fair and balanced review of the Obama Administration's accomplishments in women's global health and outstanding challenges, and produce actionable recommendations for the incoming Administration and Congress.  The project will also develop short videos featuring African women and girls participating in U.S.-funded health programs to illustrate the impact of U.S. policies on women's global health.
for support of the Frontiers in Development conference and accompanying conference publications USAID is a government agency that has been a leader in development and practice since its inception in 1961. This grant will support the Frontiers in Development conference and the conference's accompanying publications. The objective is to strengthen the analysis, design, and implementation of programs and policies aimed at fostering development and reducing poverty in developing countries.
for general operating support As an African organization, the Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) uses research, advocacy, and strategic litigation to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of vulnerable communities in Uganda and across East Africa. Over the next few years, CEHURD aims to achieve its strategic objectives; continue to foster strong partnerships with civil society, government, and the media; invest in institutional strengthening; and evaluate its impact as part of a strategy refresh process.. (Strategy: Global Reproductive Equity)
for general operating support Pathfinder International provides women, men, and adolescents with a range of quality health services—from family planning and maternal care services to HIV prevention and AIDS care and treatment. Continued unrestricted funding would sustain Pathfinder’s commitment to focus on strengthening health systems, community-based interventions, advocacy to increase financial and political support for family planning and reproductive health services, and strong data collection and monitoring activities.
for support to a project on gender data governance in Africa This grant is for a collaboration between Pollicy, a feminist collective of technologists, data scientists, creatives, and academics working to digitally transform service delivery across Africa and craft better life experiences through improved data processes, and My Data Rights Africa (MDR), a feminist curation project on understanding how data is framed within the African context in relation to artificial intelligence (AI), privacy, and data protection. They will conduct a comparative case study between Côte D’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia on how governments deal with gender data — including examining the algorithmic harm and digital identity challenges African women face — and develop policy recommendations, advocacy tools, and capacity-building interventions therein. This grant sits within a cluster of grants under the Evidence-Informed Policymaking strategy to strengthen a field of African institutions working on data governance. The goal of this cluster is to help governments in Africa develop policy frameworks that balance good uses of data with data privacy and protection; this will be the first grant in this cluster looking specifically at the governance of gender-related data in the African context.
for support of the Center for Universal Education The Center for Universal Education remains the leading think tank working on universal basic education. With a grant from QEDC in 2010, the Center established itself in the Brookings Institution, developed a core team, and demonstrated its ability to advance universal quality education by producing compelling evidence and convening leading thinkers in education. This grant would allow the Center to further examine how resources can be used to improve student learning, including doing pioneering work in the development of National Education Accounts that measure total national education expenditures in developing countries. The Center would also continue its advocacy to keep education at the forefront of global issues and improved learning at the heart of the global education agenda.
for support of self-care for sexual and reproductive health This grant to Population Services International will support the Self-Care Trailblazer Group to expand its field-building activities to promote user-controlled sexual and reproductive health services. Co-funded with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, this project brings together advocates, researchers, and other stakeholders to promote and study user-controlled sexual and reproductive health care. This third supplemental grant is taking advantage of a strategic window during the COVID-19 pandemic to promote self-care as a way to mitigate the health system’s limitations caused by the pandemic. This grant is aligned with the International Reproductive Health strategy’s effort to support innovation in service delivery.
for general operating support The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) advances the generation and use of evidence so that development programs are designed better and implemented effectively. Primarily through grantmaking, 3ie provides funding and quality assurance for impact evaluations, systematic reviews, and other syntheses of research on development interventions. It focuses on policy-relevant, high-quality evidence on topics that are underfunded or are of priority interest to low- and middle-income country governments. Organizational priorities of 3ie include, among other things, expanding the kind of analytic work it supports to include syntheses of existing work combined with formative and process evaluations. It also includes bolstering its offerings to members; making evidence more easily available, searchable, and interactive; and pursuing advocacy and outreach in low- and middle-income countries and with key development agencies.
for support of research on quality of post-abortion care services This grant will support the African Population and Health Research Center to conduct research on post-abortion care services. Currently, about 90 percent of women of childbearing age in Africa live in countries with restrictive abortion laws in which women resort to unsafe methods that can result in fatalities and severe disabilities. Post-abortion care services, however, are legal in most countries and provide essential treatment for complications from unsafe abortions. The center will collect data on the quality and availability of post-abortion care in Kenya, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso, and use the evidence to advocate for policies that improve quality of services, promote health equity, and scale up effective interventions.
for a program to improve evidence-based decision making in sub-Saharan Africa The Transfer Project is a regional initiative led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, and the Food and Agriculture Organization to generate evidence on impacts of national cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and to translate that evidence into policy through partnerships with national governments. With this grant, the Transfer Project will help African researchers increase their capacity to conduct impact evaluations and engage with African academics and policymakers to generate evidence that addresses policymakers’ needs.
for general operating support México Evalúa is a nonpartisan organization that provides citizens with analysis and evaluation of Mexico's public policies and spending. México Evalúa focuses on seven key issues that impact Mexicans’ daily lives: justice, security, public spending, judicial transparency, economic regulation, education, and anticorruption. It tailors its analysis and policy recommendations to inform the advocacy campaigns of grassroots groups, including a network of organizations of patients with nontransmissible chronic illness comprised of individuals who have been denied medical treatments due to health sector irregularities., México Evalúa will  develop and disseminate analysis of government implementation of their seven key issues at the federal and state level. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for support to the Network for Accountability in Mexico Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) is a Mexican public university that specializes in economic, legal, and policy research to improve public policy in Mexico. CIDE hosts the Network for Accountability, which brings together civil society organizations, academics, media, opinion leaders, and public agencies to produce new research and diversify policy dialogue around Mexico’s public sector performance. This renewal will permit the network to monitor the implementation of Mexico’s National Anticorruption System and study its effects on public administration.
for support to the Africa Data Leadership Initiative (ADLI) via the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) The Africa Data Leadership Initiative (ADLI) is a peer engagement and learning network for senior Africa-based practitioners tackling the thorniest data policy and governance issues, co-led by the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) at the United Nations Foundation, Smart Africa, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. ADLI works to build the capacity of decision makers across the continent through exchange of knowledge and experiences within a values-oriented framework designed to expand the value of data for governments, markets, and people while safeguarding key civil liberties. This renewal to DIAL’s work on ADLI sits within a cluster of grants under the Evidence-Informed Policymaking strategy to strengthen a field of African institutions working on data governance. The goal of this cluster is to help governments in East and West Africa develop policy frameworks that balance public-good uses of data with data privacy and protection. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for general operating support Rooted in the Global South, Avina Americas Inc. drives collaborative processes on the local, regional, and global level that involve diverse stakeholders; integrate social, technological, and business innovations; and actively promote the leadership of the most vulnerable sectors of society to effect systemic changes in democratic innovation, climate action, and just and regenerative economy. Avina aims to scale up its support to emerging Mexican civil society in strengthening democracy and expanding civic space. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
for support of the 2019 Women Deliver conference Women Deliver held its fifth global conference in Vancouver, Canada, in June 2019. The conference was a platform for advocates and practitioners to learn, collaborate, and influence policies and decision making on gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights. This grant supported scholarships for young leaders to attend the conference and youth pre-conference, which contributed to the exchange of ideas and best practices to improve the health and well-being of women and girls.
for general operating support The Open Government Partnership is a multistakeholder initiative with 76 national and 15 local government members that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, and fight corruption. In this grant period, the Partnership expects to expand the number of local government members and focus more commitments on improving public service delivery.
for general operating support Controla Tu Gobierno partners with local watershed associations to monitor the government’s management of water resources and to advocate for equitable access to clean water. Over the past two years, Controla Tu Gobierno analyzed reports from the federal auditor’s office to bring more regulatory and media attention to abandoned water treatment plants that continue to receive government funding. Controla Tu Gobierno will increase their geographic footprint and the number of partner watershed associations to strengthen their advocacy campaign ahead of Mexico’s incoming federal administration, which takes office in December.
for research to inform a new program on transparent, accountable financial flows for development With Hewlett's support, Oxfam America will research and produce a planning paper for how greater transparency on financial flows for development can translate into stronger public accountability between citizens and states on pro-poor public policies and investments. A number of other Oxfam affiliates and external organizations are already deeply invested in this field. This research will aim to position Oxfam America as a useful ally on these issues within the broader Oxfam confederation, and as a partner to other Hewlett grantees, such as the International Budget Partnership, Revenue Watch and Publish What You Fund.  Ultimately, the planning paper will feed into Oxfam America’s next strategic plan (2013 to 2019), which proposes a major new program of work called "Active Citizenship in Pursuit of Effective Development Investments".
for general operating support Actions pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (ACED) is a West African policy research organization headquartered in Benin that connects evidence to policy and local action in the food security and nutrition sector, with the ultimate aim of improving the livelihoods of vulnerable populations. ACED’s current strategy is to enhance production and access to policy-relevant evidence; increase the capacities of stakeholders in demanding, accessing, and brokering evidence; and improve evidence use by policymakers and practitioners. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for disseminating a model to increase the effectiveness of African humanitarian organizations None
for a program to strengthen work of the feminist macroeconomics movement in Malawi For Equality is a pan-African women’s rights organization that envisions a gender-equal and just Africa and works to respond to as well as drive this narrative within the changing global landscape under three thematic areas: gender justice, social justice, and economic justice.  This grant will support the feminist macroeconomic movement in Malawi through knowledge generation, convening and connecting, and relationship building with key government institutions. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)
for a scoping project to improve data governance in Africa The African Economic Research Consortium supports economic scholarship and collaboration across Africa to bring rigor and evidence to economic policymaking, and to strengthen local capacity for conducting independent research on problems pertinent to the management of African economies. This grant will support the consortium in scoping a new line of research and policy engagement on data governance, with the aim of positioning Africa’s leading economic scholars to contribute to ongoing debates about data governance. This grant is part of a cluster of grants under the Evidence-Informed Policymaking strategy to strengthen a field of African institutions working on data governance. The goal of this cluster is to help governments in East and West Africa develop policy frameworks that balance public good uses of data with data privacy and protection.
for the Southern Voice secretariat Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo serves as the institutional host for Southern Voice, a network of over 50 think tanks from Africa, Latin America, and South Asia working toward a power shift in the global debates on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through collaborative cross-country research, policy engagement with the U.N. and European systems, and bridging between national and global policy issues, Southern Voice elevates ideas and scholars from the Global South into global development policy debates and advances evidence-informed policies in support of the SDGs and global COVID response. To this end, Southern Voice promotes a change in the culture, norms, and practices of global policy discussions toward becoming more deliberative, inclusive, and evidence-based. (Strategy: Evidence-Informed Policymaking)
for general operating support Sunbird AI is a Ugandan organization that partners with African public sector and civil society organizations to develop practical AI systems to strengthen decision making, service delivery, and feedback loops between governments and citizens. It also works to strengthen public sector capacities and policies on the use of AI.  Sunbird AI’s  goals are to (a) create practical AI systems to help African organizations advance the Sustainable Development Goals; (b) develop an evidence base about the value and relevance of AI solutions for development; (c) collaborate with other African organizations in fostering an ecosystem of African-led development and governance of AI; and (d) strengthen Sunbird AI as it moves from startup to more established organization. This grant supports the Evidence-Informed Policymaking goal that governments in East and West Africa use data and evidence to improve policies, programs — and ultimately, lives. It also supports our program wide goal of strengthening African institutions to be leaders in the Hewlett Foundation’s fields of work.
for the TAP Builds Better Project The Institute of Public Finance Kenya is an independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Nairobi that advocates for open public financial management through research, trainings, and capacity strengthening. With this grant, the institute will work toward increased county government responsiveness to the needs of local residents through research, public interest journalism, civic engagement, and financial oversight in Kitui, Machakos, Makueni, and Siaya counties. (Strategy: Transparency, Participation, and Accountability)
for a study analyzing the social impacts of large-scale land rights acquisition for agricultural use None
for a project to strengthen regional trade for agricultural fertilizer and seeds in Africa None
for general operating support The African Center for Economic Transformation provides research, policy advice, and capacity enhancements that African countries can use to transform their economies, reduce poverty, and improve living standards. It combines original research about the drivers of economic growth with advisory services to African governments on institutional arrangements and policy approaches to achieve economic growth goals. This grant would support the Center at an important time, as it moves from the inaugural edition of its flagship African Transformation Report and African Transformation Index into a sustained work program anchored on the themes of this report. In this grant period, the Center aims to further professionalize its communications and fundraising functions.
for human resources and board governance The Institute of Public Finance Kenya is an independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Nairobi that advocates for open public financial management through research, trainings, and capacity strengthening. With this grant, the institute will strengthen its board governance and develop a professional development policy. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)