Results for Development Institute Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Jul 17, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$11,612,666

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Governance - In 2011, R4D launched the third phase of its flagship Governance program, the Transparency and Accountability Program. The primary component of TAP3 in 2011 was the selection and awarding of fifteen sub-grants to civil society organizations in sub-Saharan Africa to design and undertake projects that will improve spending and service delivery in the health and education sectors. Five of the sub-grantees were selected in early 2011 to complete 2.5-year projects in the effectiveness of pharmaceutical supplies (Uganda), reproductive health and family planning supplies (Uganda), nine-year basic education (Rwanda), textbook procurement (Ghana), and resources for teaching and learning (Burkina Faso). In May 2011, R4D designed and led a technical support and peer learning workshop for these five organizations to provide training on expenditure and service delivery monitoring, support in designing research objectives and questions, peer learning opportunities, and advocacy training. Since the May 2011 workshop, the five sub-grantees have completed the first phase of their research, identified useful findings for improving service delivery and spending in their countries, and begun advocacy - all with the support of R4D. The additional ten sub-grantees were selected in November 2011 to design and initiate citizen report cards with the financial and technical support of the TAP3 program. These organizations are based in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. In addition to the financial support, technical support, and training of civil society organizations, R4D undertook several activities to develop resources that can provide wider support to organizations interested in undertaking social accountability across the world. These resources include a strengthened website and library of resources on public expenditure tracking, service delivery surveys, absenteeism studies, and citizen report cards and a series of videos highlighting successful evidence-based advocacy efforts of civil society organizations that R4D has worked with. The videos are expected to be completed in mid-2012.

Activity 3

Market Dynamics - Developed Market Shaping Strategy for the Global Fund's $7 billion health products portfolio: The Global Fund's Market Dynamics Committee (MDC) commissioned R4D to develop concrete strategies which optimized value for money' across its $7B health products portfolio. Based on R4D's analysis, Global Fund launched an innovative Market-Shaping Strategy. The initial application was to HIV/AIDs drugs, and will save an initial $520 million - this can fund 3.5 million new patients on ARVs. The strategy also identified strategies to prevent 90,000 children from facing treatment disruption.Enabled implementation of the Global Fund Market Shaping Strategy: Following development of the Market Shaping Strategy (see above), the Global Fund Secretariat commissioned R4D to develop an implementation strategy to enable its voluntary pooled procurement mechanism (VPP) to strategically manage demand. Much of the impact of the Global Fund's market shaping strategy relies on the effective functioning of the VPP, which requires strategic management of demand. The team developed a model of industry best practices for strategic demand, along with the policy and operational steps for the Secretariat to successfully optimize VPP functioning.Ensured sustainable supply of drug for neglected disease: The Market Dynamics Practice was charged by the Gates Foundation with ensuring sustainable supply of drugs for treating neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis. R4D worked with partners across the market place - including major donors, procurement agents, and pharmaceutical manufacturers - to map supply constraints and recommend strategies to break bottlenecks. Identified strategies to save over $600M in the bed net market for malaria prevention: Over 560 million long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) are required through 2015 alone to achieve and maintain universal coverage for malaria prevention in Africa, at a total global cost of $2.4 billion. With Gates Foundation support, R4D developed concrete strategies to save the global community more than $600 million over 5 years, which can finance $150M bed nets and cover 300 million more individuals. Strategies include financial incentives to drive uptake of the most cost-effective LLINs while ensuring development and use of innovative new technologies. The work was the first-of-its kind, and included consultations with over 140 actors across the private and public sector. The findings of this project will be released in 2012 and R4D will work to ensure the strategy is implemented by working with major financiers and normative agencies (i.e. WHO, USG).

Filer

EIN

20-8530747