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Context-Driven, Adaptive Solicitations and Awards
The resources in this section will assist you to build consideration of power dynamics, and context-driven and adaptive ways of working, into solicitations, awards, and…
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Adapting in Practice
USAID’s work takes place in environments that are often unstable and in transition. Even in more stable contexts, circumstances evolve and may affect programming in…
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Experiences with Political Economy Analysis (PEA)
Some of the PEA's at USAID Missions have included:
Colombia in post conflict and local governance
Indonesia in maternal and child health
Serbia in rule of law
Sri…
Colombia in post conflict and local governance
Indonesia in maternal and child health
Serbia in rule of law
Sri…
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Context-Driven Adaptation Videos and Webinars
This page links to a number of webinars that describe aspects of context-driven adaptation, and videos of practitioners speaking about how they have approached adaptation in their…
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Tips for Better Use of Advisory Councils
One common way to improve the responsiveness of programming to context is to build into the structures of projects and activities advisory bodies where local stakeholders can give…
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Tips for Solicitations to Invite Context-Driven Adaptive Programming
These tips are designed to help staff improve their solicitations to match context-driven, adaptive designs and intent. The tips in this document can be tailored to acquisition or…
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Tips on Power Dynamics and Theories of Change
These tips relate to the theory of change (TOC) that animates your programming - a description of how the Mission perceives the system it wants to change, and how and why the…
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Tips for Solicitations to Invite Context-Driven Adaptive Programming
These tips are designed to help staff improve their solicitations to match context-driven, adaptive designs and intent. The tips in this document can be tailored to acquisition or…
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Serbia Competitiveness Assessment and Political Economy Analysis
This assessment seeks to identify the key factors constraining Serbia’s private MSME sector, and its ability to grow and compete, particularly in EU markets and against the…
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Feed the Future Democratic Republic of the Congo Political Economy Analysis: Coffee, Dried Bean, and Soybean Value Chains
Between September-November 2017, J.E. Austin Associates, Inc. (JAA) deployed a three-person team to undertake a political economy analysis (PEA) of the coffee, soybean, and dried…