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Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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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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Tips for Strengthening Local Capacity To Assess Incentives and Conduct Savvy, Adaptive Programming
These tips are part of a series of tips and resources to support context-driven adaptation in programming. For other resources, see the public version of the Context…
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Tips to Adaptively Manage in Dynamic Contexts
These tips are part of a series of tips and resources to support context-driven adaptation in programming. For other resources, see the public version of the Context…
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Applied Political Economy Analysis (PEA): Reference Materials
These materials are intended to provide some ideas on possible ways to structure documents and processes associated with conducting Applied Political Economy Analysis, including:
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Habits of Mind for Cultivating Strategic Thinking & Learning
This document walks through exercises to reflect on thought processes around ambiguity, turbulent environments, and adaptive strategies.
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Evaluations for Learning: A Discussion Paper for the UK Not-for-Profit Sector
This paper compares conventional evaluations and evaluations for learning. Some notes are offered for commissioners of evaluations, and the paper concludes with some questions for…
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Outcome Mapping: Building Learning and Reflection into Development Programs
The Evaluation Unit and a number of IDRC programs have been working with Dr. Barry Kibel of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation to adapt his Outcome Engineering…
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Assessing the National Health Information System Tool: An Assessment Tool
This HMN assessment tool is intended to achieve more than simply assess the strengths and weaknesses of the elements and operations of a national HIS. It should move stakeholders…
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Developmental Evaluation: A Practical Approach to CLA Implementation
How can Developmental Evaluations support Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) in our work? This short briefer illustrates the ways and means Developmental Evaluations can…
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Institutional Capacity Development through an Integrated Needs-Based Practical Approach
This resource shares how World Learning and the QITABI 2 project created a blended approach to provide partners with a roadmap to ultimate system strengthening using USAID…