FRONTIERS
Operations Research

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2007
Khan, M.E., Jim Foreit, Sohini Roychowdhury, F. Ram, and Chander Shekhar. "Developing regional operations research training capacity in South Asia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

2004
Foreit, Karen G. Fleischman and James R. Foreit. "Willingness to pay surveys for setting prices for reproductive health products and services: A user’s manual (revised edition)," FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.4 MB) 

2003
"Expanding capacity for operations research in reproductive health: Summary report of a consultative meeting," report of a meeting co-sponsored by Population Council/ FRONTIERS and WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, 10–12 December 2001. Geneva: WHO. (PDF, 2.7 MB)

Marin, M. Celeste and Jane T. Bertrand. "Evaluating operations research utilization: Guidelines for assessing process and impact," FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council.  (PDF, 721 KB)

"Using operations research to strengthen programmes for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting: Report of a consultative meeting on methodological issues for FGC research, April 9–11, 2002, Nairobi, Kenya," FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 543 KB)

2002
Fisher, Andrew A. and James  R. Foreit. Designing HIV/AIDS Intervention Studies: An Operations Research Handbook. New York: Population Council. (full text)

2001
Foreit, James R. et Tomas Frejka (eds.). 1999. La recherche opérationnelle en planification familiale: Un recueil d'articles. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 25.98 MB, 447 pp.)

1999
"Strengthening reproductive health services in Africa through operations research," Africa OR/TA Project II Final Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 1.7 MB)

1998
Fisher, Andrew A., John E. Laing, John E. Stoeckel, and John W. Townsend. Handbook for Family Planning Operations Research Design. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 5.79 MB, 84 pp.)

Foreit, James R. and Tomas Frejka (eds.) Family Planning Operations Research: A Book of Readings. New York: Population Council. (PDF, 22.13 MB, 389 pp.)

1994
Janowitz, Barbara and John H. Bratt. "Methods for costing family planning services," New York and Research Triangle Park, NC: United Nations Population Fund and Family Health International. (PDF, 566 KB)

Copies of conference reports, summaries, program briefs, and research updates are available free of charge. Contact frontiers@popcouncil.org. FRONTIERS publications are also available on the USAID/DEC Web site, www.dec.org.

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