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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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Learning Plan for the Open Contracting Partnership
The Open Contracting Partnership is driven by two goals, as articulated in its 2015-2018 strategy: building global norms and demand for open contracting; and strengthening…
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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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Empowering Drug Abusing Juveniles in Conflict with the Law
The problem of drug abuse among Indian youth has been increasing over the years. Not only has the problem grown in magnitude, the profile of users now includes children below 10…
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Supporting a Second Annual Crop with Seepage Wells
As part of the Feed the Future India-Africa Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (NRM) Innovation Sharing Platform program, USAID/India is supporting TechnoServe, together…
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Afro-Colombian Cocoa Farmers Form Private-Public Partnership in the Conflict-Affected Municipality of Tumaco
As part of a larger initiative managed by USAID/Colombia, one of the explicit strategic objectives has been to identify innovative ways to attract and retain private sector…
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ENABLE Program Discussion Paper
Is a genuinely sustainable, locally-led, politically-smart approach to economic governance and Business Environment Reform possible? Lessons from 10 years implementing ENABLE in…
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Grantcraft Guide to Community Philanthropy for Donors
This paper is for donors looking for ways to ensure that our interventions produce lasting results that are owned and directed by the people they are meant to benefit. It offers…
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Thinking and Working Politically (TWP) through Applied Political Economy Analysis (PEA) -- Guide and Supporting Materials
Have you ever done everything right in a development program — followed every technical best practice — but still missed the mark? When this happens, it often relates to factors in…
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Briefing Paper: Shifting Aid Models to Manage for Systemic Change
This briefing paper was produced following a policy forum hosted by Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) in January 2014. The event brought together a small group of policy makers…