PASGR Blog

The AfW consortium organised its final evidence and dissemination uptake convening in January 2023 in Mombasa, Kenya. The convening brought together at least 60 participants from government and non-government actors in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sectors in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Liberia. Global dissemination webinars preceded the event in the second […]

With pride, we join in congratulating Prof. Omotade Akin Aina (Tade) – our former Executive Director, and Prof. Ernest Aryeetey – our former Chairman, Board of Directors, who were both conferred with honorary degrees in a special congregation held at the University of Ghana – Legon, on 28th April 2023. Prof. Aina was recognized for his immense […]

Jonathan Tumwebaze is the first student to graduate in the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)’s Collaborative Doctoral in Public Policy Programme currently offered in three universities i.e. University of Pretoria, University of Nairobi and University of Ibadan. He is among the first cohort of 15 students that enrolled in the programme in […]

As agricultural investments intensify to meet the food needs of a bulging global population, evidence points to the varying effects of conventional agriculture on environmental degradation, habitat fragmentation and biodiversity loss, with negative consequences for livelihoods and human-life quality. To address these challenges, there is an urgent call for countries across the globe to shift […]

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 […]