Reports

Empowering Grassroots Activism

The Activist Milestones - Developing the Skills to Become a Trained Citizen Activist

The activist milestones are a step-by-step guide to the concrete actions community activists can take to hone and develop their skills as effective citizen activists. They provide the tools necessary to achieve success as an advocate and as a group.

Best Practices for Advocacy: A Dozen Tactics, Tools & Strategies (pdf)

November 2007. REF’s Advocacy to Control Tuberculosis Internationally (ACTION) Project compiled 12 innovative tools, tactics, and strategies for advocacy, which provide a model for increasing the political will to address TB and other vital global health issues.

Poverty in America

Roadmap to End Childhood Hunger in America by 2015 (pdf)

December 2009. Presented by the National Anti-Hunger Organizations (NAHO), of which RESULTS is a member. The report, which was drafted in response to President Obama's pledge to end child hunger by 2015, recommends nine steps that will collectively eliminate child hunger in the United States.

Global Health

The Global Fund 2010: Innovation and Impact

March 2010. This report shows that, as of December 2009, investments by the Global Fund have saved 4.9 million lives. It also documents the Global Fund’s central contribution to progress toward the health-related Millennium Development Goals.

Evidence of the Impact of IMF Policies on the Capacity to Address HIV/AIDS and TB

June 2009. A series of reports and policy briefs produced jointly by the Center for Economic Governance and AIDS in Africa (CEGAA) and RESULTS Educational Fund, with support from the Open Society Institute.

Living With HIV, Dying of TB: A Critique of the Response of Global AIDS Donors to the Co-epidemic (pdf)

March 2009. This report details how key global AIDS and health institutions are failing to address TB-HIV co-infection around the world. Includes critiques of the World Bank; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; the UK Department for International Development; and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Achieving Impact Through Scale Up of TB-HIV Activities (pdf)

May 2007. By examining the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) TB-HIV activities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and the United Republic of Tanzania, this report demonstrates the large gains that could be achieved toward controlling both diseases through increased funding for TB-HIV activities. Offers specific recommendations to the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and for increased strategic U.S. investment in global TB control.

Enduring Neglect: The World Bank’s Inadequate Response to Africa’s TB Emergency (pdf)

September 2006. Of the World Bank’s total global spending on TB, less than 5 percent goes to Africa. Yet Africa is the only region in the world where rates of TB are still increasing. This report recommends that the World Bank dramatically increase its TB funding in Africa and provides evidence for the economic benefits of controlling TB.

Integrating HIV/AIDS and TB Efforts: The Challenge for the President’s AIDS Initiative (pdf)

February 2004. Produced in collaboration with the Open Society Institute, this report outlines ways to better integrate TB and AIDS efforts in the 14 countries assisted through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) by expanding TB programs to reach all HIV patients with TB and by linking TB programs to HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and testing (VCT).

Education for All

Redesigning the Basics: How to Improve the Impact of U.S. Foreign Assistance for Basic Education (pdf)

September 2008. Too many countries are lagging in reaching the Millennium Development Goal of universal access to primary education by 2015 - over 70 million children are still not attending primary school. This report highlights the factors that limit the effectiveness of our aid dollars, suggests immediate actions that would improve aid effectiveness, and encourages Congress to consider major structural changes to U.S. foreign assistance for basic education.

Must Try Harder: The Challenges that Remain in Achieving Education for All (pdf)

October 2008. This report by RESULTS UK considers why the world is still struggling to deliver education for all and makes recommendations to the government of the UK, the World Bank, and other organizations.

Basic Education: A Review of USAID’s de facto Basic Ed Strategy (pdf)

December 2004. Commissioned by RESULTS Educational Fund, this report concludes that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is lacking a systematic strategy to increase primary school enrollment and school completion in developing countries, and calls for incentives for poor countries to eliminate primary school fees and scale up systems.

Microcredit

How RESULTS Activists Collaborated with Microcredit Leaders to Build the Microfinance Movement (pdf)

Written by RESULTS activist Bob Sample, this paper gives an in-depth look into the microfinance movement and the role RESULTS and REF played in reaching the goal of providing 100 million of the world’s poorest people with access to microcredit to start or expand small businesses. Presented at the Microcredit Summit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 2006.