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Project: Food Systems Transformation The Food Systems Transformation (FST) project seeks to contribute to the strengthening of equitable, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable food systems by enhancing capacity for policy engagement and evidence uptake targeted to strategic stakeholders with an impetus to build a systems perspective in the food value chain. The project is a response […]

Background During the UN Water Conference 2023 (March 22-24, 2023), the UN headquarters in New York was abuzz with delegates from all over the world to mark the UN water week 2023. The event was a midterm review of the UN General Assembly’s Water Action Decade 2018 – 2028, a programme of action launched at […]

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted on the education sector globally forcing closure of  learning institutions including universities to contain spread of the virus. The indefinite closure resulted  to unprecedented levels of disruption in teaching and learning activities,  adversely  affecting university operations, students and lecturers in divergent magnitudes.  Characterised by unprecedented levels of uncertainty and disruptions, the […]

Project: Accountability for Water (AfW) Program The Accountability for water evaluation seeks to assess the extent to which the Accountability for water project was aligned to the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) mission and the extent to which it has contributed to achieving this mission. Furthermore, the evaluation seeks to assess the […]

Lack of meaningful engagements between researchers and policy practitioners have often stifled policy making efforts in Africa. As a consequence, research and policy making processes have always operated in silo formats, limiting cross learning and by extension effective policy making and programming. Across Africa, the need to integrate research evidence in the conversations and practices […]

In 2018, the Partnership for Africa Social and Governance Research (PASGR) in collaboration with Water Witness International, and selected stakeholders in the water sector, convened in Arusha, Tanzania to conceptualize a research and action programme to strengthen accountability practices in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector. This meeting was preceded by a 12-month period […]

The Partnership for African Social Governance Research (PASGR) in collaboration with The Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa organised an Impact Evaluation for Public Policy training that was  hosted by the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Nairobi from November 7-11, 2022. The training which was held both in person and […]

On 1st November 2022, The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) and Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Mercure Hotel Nairobi. This partnership paved way for the two institutions to collaborate in research, identification of gaps in healthcare and engaging key stakeholders towards the realization of Universal Health […]

Infrastructure development is a key driver for progress globally and yet it remains one of the most complex challenges of the 21st century in Africa. It is a critical enabler for productivity and sustainable economic growth and contributes significantly to human development, poverty reduction, and the attainment of the sustainable development goals (specific goals: Goal […]

Rwanda’s Vision 2020, launched in the year 2000, focused on guiding the nation on what to do in order to survive and regain its dignity. On the other hand, the current Vision 2050, appears to be more targeted on Rwanda’s aspiration to transform its economy into a high-income country and modernize the lives of all […]