It’s the second week of 2018 and there’s already good news breaking on the gender equality front: the pay gap is now illegal in Iceland, the #MeToo movement has turned into the more actionable #Times Up, and the buzz is …
Tag: africa
Policy Brief: Food Security in Nigeria
I've recently written a policy brief on market development programs and their impact on food security in Nigeria. This is an overview of what market development programs are, how they work and which major international donors are currently implementing these …
Notes from my Field Work in Ghana
My last field assignment took me to West Africa where I was tasked with evaluating rural access to health care in Ghana. Specifically, I evaluated their National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), a government initiative to meet health related Millennium Development …
Maria Polychronis 