FRONTIERS
Research Projects in Asia and the Near East
on Technical Assistance/Institution Building

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

2007
"Bangladesh: RH curriculum enhances vocational students’ knowledge and behavior," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 62. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Das, Rumeli, Kaushik Biswas, Pradeep Panda, M.E. Khan, and Rick Homan. "Strengthening financial sustainability through integration of voluntary counseling and testing services with other reproductive health services (India)," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

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, 619 KB)

2006
Casterline, John and Rania Roushdy. "Achieving replacement-level fertility in Egypt: Challenges and potential opportunities," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 188 KB)

Foreit, James R. "Building capacity to utilize operations research: Strategies and lessons learned," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 5. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 372 KB)

Khan, M.E., Sohini Roychowdhury, Jim Foreit, Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, and Geetha Vaithyanathan. "Developing regional capacity in operations research and economic evaluation in South Asia," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 259 KB)

Rahman, Laila, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Ubaidur Rob, Ismat Bhuiya, and M.E. Khan. "Scaling up a reproductive health curriculum in youth training courses (Bangladesh)," FRONTIERS Final Report. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF, 672 KB)

2005
Bratt, John H., Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Magdi A. Ibrahim, and Mohammed Edrees.  “Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 370 KB)

"India: Broad representation supports credibility of village committees," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 52. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2004
Bhuiya, Ismat, Ubaidur Rob, Asiful Chowdhury, Laila Rahman, Nazmul Haque, Susan Adamchak, Rick Homan, and M.E. Khan. "Improving adolescent reproductive health in Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 533 KB)

2003
Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP). "Creation of a unified management information system for three NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 385 KB)

Palabrica-Costello, Marilou, Nimfa Ogena, and Alejandro N. Herrin. "Policy and program implications of the Matching Grants Program in the Philippines," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 656 KB)

South Asia: Clarify goals and expand the reach of anti-trafficking programs" FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 28. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 286 KB)

2002
Ali, Nancy, Laila Nawar, Dale Huntington, and Tawhida Khalil.  “Upgrading the capacity and skills of service providers of the West Bank/Gaza Pilot Health Project,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 893 KB)

"Bangladesh: Improving adolescents' reproductive health in Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Research Update no. 2. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 251 KB)

Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP). “Institutional support for a program of activities within the Pilot Health Project in the West Bank and Gaza,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 3.1 MB)

Huntington, Dale. "Anti-trafficking programs in South Asia: Appropriate activities, indicators, and evaluation methodologies, summary report of a technical consultative meeting, September 11–13, 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal." New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF, 213 KB)

2001
"Bangladesh: Improving adolescents' reproductive health in Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Research Update no. 1. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 398 KB)

Ibrahim, Magdi, James R. Foreit, and M.E. Khan. "Operations research in reproductive health and family planning at Cairo Demographic Center," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 970 KB)

"West Bank/Gaza: Stress the importance and cost-effectiveness of postpartum care," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 20. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 288 KB)

2000
"Indonesia: Coordinated studies are needed to assess trends,"  FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 8. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 293 KB)

1999
Gardner, Michelle and Lila Amaliah. "Analysis of conflicting crisis-related research results," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 154 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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