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Collaborating to Build Local Government Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity in Peru
USAID’s evaluation policy and the integration of aid effectiveness principles in our work created an important impetus for USAID/Peru to incorporate Monitoring &…
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Theories of Democratic Change II: Paths Away from Authoritarianism
This publication organizes and evaluates the body of current academic theory that can contribute to greater understanding of democratic openings in authoritarian systems. The…
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DRG Learning Agenda Literature Review: Combatting Corruption Among Civil Servants - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What Works
In 2016, USAID’s Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance launched its Learning Agenda—a set of research questions designed to address the issues that…
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The Learning Dojo: A Space for CLA "Black Belts" at USAID
In late 2016, USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning & Learning (PPL) initiated the Learning Dojo, an effort to bring together five operating units at USAID around a shared…
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Applying Evidence: What Works? A Rapid Literature Review
This review provides a summary of existing literature on using evidence to inform ways the US Global Development Lab (the Lab) and Agency as a whole could improve its evidence-based…
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USAID Scientific Research Policy
The Scientific Research Policy is written for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) staff and implementing partners. The purpose of this document is to…
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The Scorecard Toolkit
This toolkit has been designed to be used by many kinds of users from institutions operating in different sectors. The toolkit is generic in nature and can be applied in any…
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New Directions in Local Capacity Development: Embracing a Systems Perspective
Root Change’s work for the USAID Learning Agenda on Local Organization Capacity Development (LA), corroborates the main finding from the LA fieldwork – foreign assistance has…
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Capable Partners Learning Agenda on Local Organization Capacity Development
The Learning Agenda focuses on local organizations, their capacity development and USAID’s role vis a vis both. The practical goal of the project is to help USAID more fully …
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Missing Women: Gender and The Extreme Poverty Debate
A Paper Prepared for USAID under Award #AID-OAA-0-13-00103 Mod 01 The discourse on extreme poverty has been remarkably gender-blind – not only in the measure that was chosen …