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Introducing USAID's Forthcoming Local Capacity Development Policy: A Conversation with the Development Community
Local capacity development is a critical area of USAID’s work and a cornerstone of the Journey to Self-Reliance. To ensure an Agency shared vision and coherent approach to capacity…
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Aid Effectiveness: Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting in Uganda
<p>This webinar described the challenges USAID missions faced in grounding their country programs in strategy and evidence, coordinating internally and with their external…
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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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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…