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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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Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Processes: Training Around Uncertainty and Complexity
This blog post on Maarifa - Knowledge and Information at ILRI is about a three-day training workshop for the ODI-led EAU4FOOD project which takes place in five countries. The post…
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Country Systems Strengthening: Beyond Human and Organizational Capacity Development
A background paper for the November 2012 USAID Experience Summit on Strengthening Country Systems.After 60 years of evolving development theory and programmatic interventions, it is…
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A Selective Review of USAID-Funded Development Management Research and Practice: Relevance for Strengthening Country Systems
This is a background paper for the November 2012 USAID Experience Summit on Strengthening Country Systems.Executive SummaryThe current donor concern with channeling aid through…
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Complexity and Lessons Learned From the Health Sector for Country System Strengthening
This is a background paper for the November 2012 USAID Experience Summit on Strengthening Country Systems.Health systems are increasingly becoming viewed as complex and dynamic,…
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Facilitating Systemic Change in Value Chains: Lessons Learned for Strengthening Country Systems
This is a background paper for the November 2012 USAID Experience Summit on Strengthening Country Systems.Executive SummaryThis paper reviews USAID experience with inclusive value…
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SMILER: Simple Measurement of Indicators & Learning for Evidence-based Reporting
This webinar is part of a four-part series on monitoring and evaluation. To be successful projects must lean towards an adaptive management style and all staff must have a clear…
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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,…
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Systems and Capacity: Two Measurement Challenges in Search of Progress Event Materials
Report on Measurement EventThe development community faces some daunting measurement challenges. On August 27, USAID convened a day-long discussion of two of them: measuring systems…
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The DRG Webinar Series: Session One
This webinar is part of The DRG Tipping Point Virtual Think Tank Series, a monthly webinar series from February to June 2020. Check out the full series here, which will be updated…