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Measuring Organizational Resilience: An Update to Pact’s Organizational Performance Index
Strengthening the capacity of local partners to achieve their goals is at the heart of Pact’s approach to development. Using proven tools, we analyze organizations’ strengths and…
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"I no longer consider myself poor" and Other Lessons in Sustainability
People always say it best when they are describing the change in their own lives.
“…now the community believes that women’s opinions matter…”
“…my living condition has totally…
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5 things we’ve learned from analyzing how we’re addressing gender inequality
The recent Gender Snapshot on progress against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is concerned that, at the current pace of…
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Case Competition Toolkit
Case study competitions are a useful tool for:
Capturing what’s working, what’s not working, and lessons learned on a certain topic or approach
Gathering a body of examples for…
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Measuring Organizational Performance Improvement: Perspectives from USAID Mission Staff
Measuring the effectiveness of local capacity strengthening (LCS) efforts is key to tracking USAID’s progress towards reaching long-term development outcomes. Capacity is a form of…
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Let Your Failures Teach You
"You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you." ― Barack Obama
Two years after our last blog post on “Fail Again, Fail Better,” we’re…
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Evaluation Jitters Part One: Planning for an Evaluation
This webinar is part of a four-part series on monitoring and evaluation. One of the challenges with evaluations is that staff often think the work to prepare for an evaluation is…
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The Barefoot Guide
The Barefoot Guide Connection is an open network of social change practitioners and leaders. Their free, downloadable, and practical resources were developed for leaders,…
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For Implementers, 3 implications of USAID Forward
This Devex article provides an overview of USAID forward, describing the context, defining themes (strategy, design, and competition), and examining implications. It provides a…
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CARE Brief No. 3 Organizational Performance Management and Learning
Similar to the justification of USAID's Program Cycle, this covers monitoring and measuring programs processes and impact as well as how to promote improvements and recognize…