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Mercy Corps PRIME Adaptive Management Resources
By all measures, PRIME is a very complex project; a 62-million dollar project, covering five technical components, managing an innovation fund, addressing gender and disability,…
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Managing Complexity: Adaptive Management at Mercy Corps
To be effective in complex environments we need to be more agile and able to adapt to changes in needs and opportunities in a timely and intentional way.This document articulates…
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CLA in Uganda: Creating Feedback Loops for Real-Time Adaptation
On Wednesday, February 24th, I had the opportunity to participate in a USAID presentation that sought to raise up successful uses of collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) in…
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Outcomes for Money (OxM): An Unorthodox Analysis of Value for Money
This experimental methodology takes a fresh look at the notion of value for money, by redefining ‘value’ as the changes experienced in terms of new knowledge, attitudes and…
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USAID Incorporates Adaptive Management to Improve the Program Cycle
I recently attended a fascinating workshop in London, hosted by the Real Time Data Team in the Global Development Lab, where staff from seemingly disparate fields and organizations…
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Taking Responsibility For Complexity: How Implementation Can Achieve Results In The Face Of Complex Problems
This paper sets out the central reasons why complex problems are challenging for traditional approaches to policy and programme implementation, and gives readers the tools to decide…
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How-To Note: Strategy-Level Portfolio Review
Portfolio reviews are opportunities for Missions to periodically examine designated aspects of the Mission’s strategy, projects, or activities. Per ADS 201.3.2.18, Missions must…
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Discussion Note: Adaptive Management
This Discussion Note complements ADS 201.3.1.2 Program Cycle Principles by elaborating on Principle 2: Manage Adaptively through Continuous Learning. This Discussion Note is…
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How do you do "Adaptive Programming?" Two Examples of Practical Experience Help with Some of the Answers
This post originally appeared on Oxfam's From Poverty to Power blog on September 13, 2016.At a glance the two DFID programmes we work on are very different. SAVI (and its successor…
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Adaptive Management: Thoughts About USAID's Evolving Program Cycle (webinar recording)
We have learned a lot in the four years since USAID’s Program Cycle reforms were introduced. While the core elements of the Program Cycle - strategic planning, project design,…