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Finding solutions together: a participatory approach to explore digital technology as an enabling strategy for empowering women micro-entrepreneurs from marginalized communities in Nepal
During the national level workshop in Nepal with women entrepreneurs held on 29th Sept 2018, lack of information and limited... read more
LASER PULSE Launches New Research Translation Resource @ Social Behavior Change Communication Summit in Marrakech, Morocco
Image 1: (Left to Right) LASER PULSE representatives Dr. Alexandra Towns and Dr. Laura Riddering (Catholic Relief Services) promote the... read more
Adapting Research During COVID-19
When a pandemic disrupts your research, how do you respond? In 2020, COVID-19 threatened to upend one of LASER’s research projects... read more
LASER PULSE Shares ERT Model @ AEA Conference
Between November 7-12, LASER PULSE sent a delegation to the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, to... read more
Market Analysis for Olive Farmers in the Nineveh Plain of Northern Iraq
By Carlos Rosales, Visiting Scholar, Purdue University; Ariana Torres, Associate Professor, Purdue University; Asaad Karam, University of Duhok; and Rezgar... read more
The New laserpulse.org – An Overview of all the Features
We are delighted to bring to you a new interactive, interconnected platform with a variety of features including our new... read more
The Power of Inclusion in Uganda
Around the world, USAID incorporates practices and policies into our programs to ensure that Indigenous peoples’ rights are upheld and their voices... read more
Gap Analysis Report Addresses Research Context, Research Capacity and Capacity Gaps in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Fragile and Conflict Affected States
As a LASER-PULSE Consortium member, Makerere University - ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) set out to assess and understand the research context,... read more
The Voices of the Indigenous People of Uganda
Uganda language policy requires rural schools to choose a dominant local language to use as the language of learning and... read more
USAID Mission Uganda team visit to Mbarara University of Science and Technology
On 15th December 2022, teams from the USAID Uganda Economic Growth and Partnership Office visited Mbarara University of Science and... read more
ANRCB Project Team Visit to Laos
In November 2022, representatives from three US-based universities visited Vientiane, Laos in support of the Applied Nutrition Research Capacity Building (ANRCB)... read more