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Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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Adapting to learn and learning to adapt: Practical insights from international development projects
Adaptive programming and management principles focused on learning, experimentation, and evidence-based decision making are gaining traction with donor agencies and implementing…
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Tips on Learning from Context Formal and Informal Approaches to Understanding the Local Political Economy
Successfully adapting your programmatic efforts and policy engagement to the context depends on maintaining your understanding of that context. Given this, continuous …
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Burma Analytical Services Solicitation
This solicitation for analytical activities in Burma provides a good model for a targeted investment in context understanding, including through use of political economy analysis…
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Intro to Applied Political Economy Analysis for Somalia Access to Justice
This short introduction to an applied political economy analysis is from the Somalia Expanding Access to Justice program, implemented by Freedom House in consortia with Pact. This…
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The Use of Political Economy Analysis in Health System Strengthening
There is a growing recognition that political economy analysis (PEA) is an essential aspect of external donor assistance to complex health reform processes. USAID’s Vision for…
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Building Resiliency in Northern Ghana through Collaborative Project Adjustments
The Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) program is a five-year, $60 million, Feed the Future program that seeks to reduce household poverty and malnutrition in 17 districts in…
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Tips on Collective Sensemaking
These tips are part of a series of tips and resources to support context-driven adaptation in programming. For other resources, see the Context-Driven Adaptation Collection at https…
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Gapminder Website
Gapminder is a data visualization tool for World Bank data. It includes links to various indicator databases maintained by organizations around the world and has links to numerous…
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Feedback Loops - Learning About Learning: Lessons on Implementing a KM and Learning Project from the USAID KDMD Project
As part of the Learning About Learning (L-squared) initiative, this one-pager describes lessons learned on the importance and role of feedback loops from the KDMD experience…
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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…