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Three Solutions for Getting Teams to Actually Use their Data
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that people struggle to actually use data and evidence to inform their decisions. While there are a number of reasons for this, one of…
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Performance Results Are Not the Whole Story: Using Non-Traditional MEL and Targeting Cohesion in Collective Action Programs
Development practitioners have come to realize that the challenges facing communities where we work are anything but straightforward. When we consider the often dynamic and complex…
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What does it mean for USAID programs to be locally led? We asked!
USAID’s localization agenda seeks to ensure local actors lead across all aspects of USAID programming. In addition to striving to provide at least a quarter of our program funds…
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The promise and pitfalls of indices to measure complex governance outcome concepts
A recurring frustration among international development implementors and evaluators is our over-reliance on reductionist indicators to measure outcome-level changes. Such indicators…
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MEL Practitioner Guide: Alternatives to Survey Measurement for Activity and Context Monitoring - Use Cases from Latin America and the Caribbean Citizen Security Programming
This guide provides practical and useful guidance for Mission Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) staff; Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) technical teams;…
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Standard Operating Procedure for Integrating Gender in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research
This document details Data for Impact's standard operating procedure and provides guidance on integrating gender in monitoring, evaluation, and research. It includes definitions of…
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Harnessing Mobile-Based Data Collection Tools for Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) in International Development
Many publications are touting data as the "new gold" and insights gained from data can lead to more intentional and effective project outcomes. As far as Collaboration, Learning,…
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Developing Country-Specific Gender Monitoring Indicators for Men and Women
The challenge that CARE sought to address in Malawi was to take forward the rich findings from a previously conducted, qualitative Mid-term Review so that instead of becoming a one…