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Shifting to Market System Facilitation Approaches
This piece originally appeared on CGAP on October 1, 2015. USAID's shift to a market systems facilitation approach has been a slow evolution. More than a decade ago, we adopted the…
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How To Foster Local Ownership for Improved Development Results: Collaborate, Learn, Adapt
Imagine you’re tasked with designing a program that improves public service delivery to local communities in Uganda. You know that you need to engage local stakeholders for this…
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Localization in Focus: Why Facilitation Matters to International Development
Those of us working in international development often find ourselves getting stuck. Picture a network of organizations meant to provide humanitarian or development assistance, but…
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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…
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PSE MEL: Standard Agency PSE Indicators and Harmonizing Indicator Tool
Under its Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Policy, USAID is working hand-in-hand with the private sector to design and deliver development and humanitarian programs across all…
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Mobile App: Demographic and Health Surveys
Ever wish you could quickly access Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) country indicators from your phone or tablet? Want to know what surveys are coming in your country? Need to…
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To Fine-tune Integrated Resilience Programming, Let Learning Be Your Guide
Innovation and locally led approaches can go hand in hand with the development of learning agendas, even those—maybe especially those—associated with complex programming. In this…
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How do I integrate CLA into my activity? Approaches from start to finish
I’ve had the privilege to lead the USAID LEARN contract from start to finish. I was employee number one as Deputy and I’ll be the last one to leave as Chief of Party (COP). As you…
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Locally Led Development Spectrum and Checklist Tool
The Locally Led Development Spectrum and Checklist are instruments that USAID’s Locally Led Development Initiatives has developed and are testing to help USAID and our partners…
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Putting Communities at the Heart of Learning and Adapting
CARE developed a Participatory Performance Tracker to put communities at the center of our learning and adaptation, as well as our monitoring and evaluation. The tool holds us and…