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Blog Series on Thinking and Working Politically and Inclusively
Political economy analysis (PEA) and related approaches to programming (known as Thinking and Working Politically or TWP) have at times been subject to the criticism that--through…
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Learning and Adapting Enables Civil Society Innovations in Cambodia
Development Innovations (DI) is a five-year, USAID-funded project aimed to spur innovation within Cambodia's civil society and build its capacity to design and use information and…
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Stop, Reflect, Improve: Using CLA to Engage Men to Improve Women and Children's Health
The Amalima project builds on existing communal initiatives to sustainably improve household food and nutrition security by strengthening access to and availability of food,…
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No One Can Know Everything: Collaborating for Better Evaluation Recommendations
In June 2016, USAID/Jordan decided that, while its systems were producing strong evaluations, there must be a way to further enhance the utility of the final recommendations for…
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Using Evidence & Expertise to Build a Sustainable Health Service Delivery Network
The USAID-DFID nongovernmental organization (NGO) Health Service Delivery Project (NHSDP) is USAID/Bangladesh’s flagship clinical service delivery project, offering integrated…
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Rising Coca Production and USAID/Colombia: Responding with Rapid Iterative Learning
The astonishing increase in coca leaf cultivation in Colombia over the past 3 years, coinciding with the historic peace agreement between the government and guerrilla forces to end…
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Walking the Walk: Building Internal Capacity for Performance Improvement
USAID staff are most often hired for their technical mastery, yet many of their day-to-day tasks require management and relationship-building skills. This gap is evident in the…
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Making Connections, Measuring Results: CLA in a Food Security Program in Zambia
This case concerns the USAID-funded, Feed the Future Zambia Mawa Project (2012-2017), implemented in the Eastern Province of Zambia. The project was designed to positively impact…
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Cost-Savvy Learning and Adapting Maximizes Impact in Rural Paraguay
Midway through a five-year, $10 million cooperative agreement to increase the incomes of small producers, and with mounting concerns about project performance, USAID/Paraguay…
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Cultivating an ECOsystem of Adaptive Learning in the E3 Bureau
The ECO Project was designed to strengthen USAID’s development impact by ensuring high-quality learning in the environment and climate change sectors. The project worked…