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Case Study: The Market Systems Diagnostic
To improve how markets function, particularly for the poor and most vulnerable, we need to understand the underlying determinants that indicate whether a market system is becoming…
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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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Exceptions to Public Disclosure of USAID-Funded Evaluations and Action Memo Template
USAID is committed to full and active disclosure of evaluation reports, methods, findings, and data produced by the Agency or partners receiving USAID funding. This is guided by…
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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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Balancing crisis response with sustainable impact: Seven questions to ensure learning, ethics and accountability amid Covid-19 and beyond
Crises bring many things to light: how prepared you are to respond and adapt quickly, how you apply lessons from past experiences while adopting new practices, how you manage…
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Impact Pipeline: Investigating downstream leaks and preventing upstream leaks
A MEL and impact measurement system is like plumbing: there are many steps throughout a project lifecycle where potential impact can “leak” (go unachieved, unmeasured, or unreported…
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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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USAID COVID-19 Inequalities and Unintended Outcomes Assessment Report
This assessment identifies inequalities and unintended outcomes—both positive and negative—of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) programming that was supported by…
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Morocco Locally Led Learning: Advancing Local Knowledge
Over the past several years, Missions like USAID/Morocco have worked to advance locally led development through programs in which local partners set their own agendas, develop…