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Call for enumerators in Uganda! We're hiring 120 Enumerators and Field Coordinators, preferably in the Bunyoro and Toro sub-regions, on a project-basis to support on a large-scale coffee research project. For more information and to apply, see the detailed job description on our website: www.laterite.com/careers

📢 Event coming up! Mark this one for your calendars: our partners at the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge are presenting findings from research on the Mastercard Foundation's initiative Rwanda.

Here's what you need to know:
⭐ Theme: the effects of teacher knowledge and teaching practices on mathematics achievement in Rwandan secondary schools
⭐ Date: 10 May, 13:00-14:00 BST
⭐ Presenters: Emma Carter and Artemio Cortez Ochoa
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REAL Centre Seminar: Emma Carter and Artemio Cortez Ochoa Effects of teacher knowledge and teaching practices on mathematics achievement in Rwandan secondary schools

Digital finance is on the rise in Rwanda, and it's increasingly important to hear from consumers about their experiences. But how do you study a complex concept like consumer protection in digital finance? Our team reflects on a qualitative phone survey we led for Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion in 2021:

Studying financial inclusion: Asking questions about algorithms - Laterite Researchers share lessons learned from conducting a financial inclusion phone survey with digital credit users in Rwanda.

Many coffee agronomy training programs aim to improve farmer incomes by increasing their yields. It's important to have good data about on-farm coffee yields so program implementers and policy-makers can make decisions based on quality data. But coffee yields are notoriously difficult to measure. How does a data-driven model to measure yield stack up against farmer recall? Michael Keenan explains:

Comparing methods to estimate coffee yield - Laterite The drawbacks and benefits of using farmer recall data to estimate coffee yield in Kenya, compared to an image recognition technology model.

Pleased to work with Tanager and 60 Decibels on this important collaboration to integrate gender and nutrition-sensitive approaches into the way agricultural institutions work:

IGNITE brings Local Service Providers together for a week of learning and collaboration In Kenya, IGNITE brings Local Service Providers together for a week of learning and collaboration.

Africa’s first Development Impact Bond for poverty alleviation cuts poverty for 95,000 people in East Africa during pandemic Pilot shows potential for innovative results-based financing to drive impact and accountability.

Our new blog post summarizes what we know about ethics approval processes in East Africa, to make it easier for researchers in the region to find the information they need to carry out research in an ethical way. We also share our tips and tricks to make the process more efficient.

Ethics approvals and research permits in East Africa - Laterite This post summarizes what we know about ethics approval processes in East Africa, to make it easier for researchers in the region to find the information they need to carry out research in an ethical way.

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Many interventions aim to improve smallholder farmers' incomes by providing training or inputs to improve crop yields. But yields are notoriously difficult to measure.

Can a data-driven model compare to farmer recall when it comes to measuring coffee yields? The answer might surprise you:

Comparing methods to estimate coffee yield - Laterite The drawbacks and benefits of using farmer recall data to estimate coffee yield in Kenya, compared to an image recognition technology model.

📣New Case Study: Six-year follow-up of the Bandebereho intervention in Rwanda implemented by Promundo-US and Rwamrec to promote men’s engagement in maternal and newborn health, equitable caregiving, healthier couple relations, and the prevention of violence against women and children.

Six years after the original RCT, we revisited 1,199 couples and 800 children aged 4 to 7 years for surveys and child development assessments using Save the Children's IDELA. As always, our priority was to maintain respondent health, safety, and privacy while collecting high-quality data.

Read how we did it:

Randomized Control Trial of the Bandebereho intervention - Laterite Data collection that included surveys with men and their female partners, and child assessments with a sub-sample of 800 children aged 4 to 7 years