Search Learning Lab Library
Use keywords to explore a particular topic. Advanced filters will narrow your search.
216 Results
Blog
Training Next-Gen Development Practitioners in Agile Monitoring and Evaluation and Learning
This piece was written by Komal Bazaz Smith and Courtney Roberts, of the American University Graduate School of International Service.The day we walked into American University (AU)…
Blog
DRG Center & PPL Co-Host Third Annual Impact Evaluation Clinic
During the week of February 29-March 4, USAID mission representatives from Peru, Macedonia, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador teamed up with academics, Impact Evaluation (IE)…
Blog
When Sequencing Matters: Why We Changed our Theory of Change
This post was written by Leanne Rasmussen. Leanne works for Adam Smith International and is a technical advisor for the Feed the Future Uganda Agricultural Inputs Activity. This…
Blog
What does Effective Learning Look Like?
This blog is the second in an ongoing series exploring the components of USAID's CLA Framework. Here is the first blog on organizational culture.Now that we’ve gotten why learning…
Blog
Research & Adaptive Programming Needed to Support Learning in Conflict, say Experts at CIES
This piece originally appeared on the Creative Associates International website on March 11, 2016. It has been cross-posted with persmission.When a U.S. student returns from a…
Blog
Learning and Adaptation: 6 Pitfalls to Avoid
This piece originally appeared on Devex on April 20, 2016.Women participate in an exercise called "daily activity clock" in Jawani, Ghana. Photo by: Nafisa Ferdous / CCAFS / CC…
Blog
You’ve come a long way, evaluations!
On March 30, 2016, my colleagues and I participated in an event to mark five years since the release of the USAID Evaluation Policy. USAID released a report at the event taking…
Blog
CLA in Action: Five Missions Gather to Learn from Each Other
As my colleague Monalisa Salib had previously discussed, we on LEARN feel strongly that it is important to “walk the talk” and so I was excited when I was invited to join USAID…
Blog
When we get to CLA City…
In this third and final post about the recent CLA Peer Sharing Event attended by CLA champions in five African USAID missions, I want to share the participants’ vision for what they…
Blog
Adaptive Learning is Taking Hold in the Development Field, but Gaps Between Theory and Practice Remain
A Princeton University professor recently tweeted a version of his CV listing his professional failures, such as the journals his papers have been rejected from, the schools he didn…