Global programs / Basic research and implementation for developing education systems (BRIDGES)

Basic research and implementation for developing education systems (BRIDGES)

Project to help LDC's to develop cost-effective educational development strategies. DEC abstract (PD-AAR-267)

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92 facts shown; 7 unconfirmed links; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 100 documents cite this program.

The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.

The project began on October 1, 1985, and was programmed to continue until September 30, 1990.1 The BRIDGES project is funded through a Cooperative Agreement between the Bureau for Science and Technology Office of Education (S&T Ed).1 BRIDGES is a five-year project.2

Source: generated from documents. Each number opens the page it was written from.

Operated in: Pakistan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Latin America, Asia, Honduras, Jordan, East Africa, Caribbean, Africa, Lesotho, Burundi, Senegal, Egypt, Central Africa, Southern Hemisphere, Southern Africa, Ghana, Africa South of Sahara, Uganda, Nepal, Central Asia, Philippines, China, Cameroon, Mali, Gambia, Yemen, Kenya.

Years: 1985 to 1994 award start, end from document years
Implementer: Harvard University. Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID); Harvard University. Harvard Graduate School of Education; Research Triangle Institute (RTI); and 9 more 71 sources
Funder or award: USAID. Bur. for Science and Technology. Ofc. of Education; DPE-5824-A-5076; DDP-5824-A-5076
Purpose: Not available yet: the program's stated purpose has not been read from its documents.

Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents

not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far

No district, region or facility is named in this program's documents yet. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far. Towns and natural features are not drawn.

Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule

When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years

Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.

Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year

Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records

Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field

Organizations named on this program's documents.
Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Harvard University. Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID)	implementer	1986 to 1992	Stated in a document	71 sources
Harvard University. Harvard Graduate School of Education	implementer	1986 to 1992	Stated in a document

Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records

Basis: read from a record field

Awards this program is funded through (identifiers, not amounts).
Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
DPE-5824-A-5076 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded)	1986 to 1992	Stated in a document	76 sources
DDP-5824-A-5076 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded)	1992	Stated in a document	1 source

Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags

Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets

Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents

Evaluation studies and evaluation-stage documents, by title and year. Findings not extracted yet.
Title	Year	Document	Why listed
External mid-term evaluation of BRIDGES	1990	PD-ABC-960	linked as an evaluation of this program
Basic research and implementation for developing education systems (BRIDGES)	1990	PD-WAY-100	evaluation-stage document (eval midterm, weak classifier)

Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.

Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library

Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Pakistan. Ministry of Education. Academy of Educational Planning and Management	lead ministry	1988 to 1992	Likely, not confirmed	6 sources
Thailand. Ofc. of Prime Minister. Ofc. of the National Education Commission	lead ministry	1988	Likely, not confirmed	4 sources
Honduras. Ministry of Public Education	lead ministry	1992	Likely, not confirmed	1 source
Sri Lanka. National Institute of Education	implementing agency	1990	Likely, not confirmed	1 source
Egypt. Ministry of Education	lead ministry	1990	Likely, not confirmed	1 source
Indonesia. Ministry of Education and Culture	lead ministry	1986	Likely, not confirmed	1 source
Jordan. National Center for Educational Research and Development	implementing agency	1990	Likely, not confirmed	1 source

Basic research and implementation for developing education systems (BRIDGES)

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with

Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Texas Southern University	implementer	1988 to 1989	Stated in a document	2 sources
Kenyatta University College. Bur. of Educational Research	implementer	1986	Stated in a document	2 sources
Michigan State University. College of Education	implementer	1988	Stated in a document	1 source
Indonesian Open University	implementer	1990	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
USAID. Bur. for Science and Technology. Ofc. of Education	1986 to 1992	Stated in a document	79 sources
USAID. Mission to Pakistan	1988 to 1992	Stated in a document	22 sources
USAID. Bur. for Research and Development. Ofc. of Education	1991 to 1992	Stated in a document	13 sources
USAID. Bur. for Program and Policy Coordination. Ofc. of Women in Development	1988 to 1990	Stated in a document	6 sources
USAID. Bur. for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ofc. of Development Resources	1987 to 1988	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Mission to Sri Lanka	1986 to 1991	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Mission to Indonesia	1986 to 1990	Stated in a document	3 sources
USAID. Mission to Thailand	1989 to 1990	Stated in a document	3 sources
USAID. Mission to Honduras	1992	Stated in a document	2 sources
USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Ofc. of Education	1994	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Burundi	1989	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Egypt	1990	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Mission to Jordan	1990	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Science and Technology. Ofc. of Education	1985 to 1990	Stated in a document	4 sources
USAID. Mission to Sri Lanka	1988	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
Development Support	1985 to 1994	Stated in a document	49 sources
Pakistan	1988 to 1992	Stated in a document	22 sources
Sri Lanka	1986 to 1992	Stated in a document	8 sources
Thailand	1987 to 1990	Stated in a document	7 sources
Honduras	1987 to 1992	Stated in a document	4 sources
Indonesia	1986 to 1990	Stated in a document	3 sources
Burundi	1989 to 1991	Stated in a document	2 sources
Cameroon	1988	Stated in a document	1 source
Egypt	1990	Stated in a document	1 source
Jordan	1990	Stated in a document	1 source

What this program was

Where it worked0

Places30

Timelineyears: award years, end from document years

Political context

Implementers12

Awards and funding sources28

Topic tags15

Similar programs

Evaluations and lessons2

Documents by lifecycle stage100years in documents

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with