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Fact Sheet: Collaborating, Learning and Adapting at USAID
Collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) is USAID's approach to becoming a more effective development organization by becoming a more effective learning organization. This fact…
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Promoting CLA among the USAID/Pakistan Implementing Partners (IPs) – IPs M&E Community of Practice
USAID/Pakistan has the agency’s second-largest program portfolio, with more than 80 complex mechanisms whose combined value is almost $2 billion. We have discovered that…
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Gender and Development Dialogues: A CLA Approach for Gender Integration Among USAID Implementing Partners in Cambodia
USAID/Cambodia works with its partners to protect natural resources, improve health and nutrition, promote democracy and good governance, and help children improve their reading…
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The Refine and Implement Pilot: USAID Food for Peace’s Approach to Adaptable Mechanisms
USAID/Food for Peace’s pilot approach, Refine and Implement, builds a one-year refinement period into each activity. At the end of the year, we ask implementing partners to refine…
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CLA in Activity Design and Implementation Tool Compilation
The following are three complementary and mutually reinforcing entry points to incorporating CLA practices and approaches into activity design and implementation. It is important to…
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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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2017 Collaborating, Learning and Adapting Case Competition Case Study Form
Use this form to enter the 2017 CLA Case Competition. Click here for more information about the Case Competition.
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Transcript for Podcast Episode 1: How USAID is Hacking International Development from the Inside Out
This is the transcript for Episode 1 of the USAID Learning Lab podcast: How USAID is Hacking International Development from the Inside Out Find the audio here: https:/…
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Fail Forward Resources
Fail Forward helps individuals and organizations stand out and stay relevant in the face of rapid change and to bypass shame and defensiveness to find a productive way of…
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The 5Rs Framework in the Program Cycle
A key principle of USAID’s Program Cycle is to “Promote Sustainability through Local Ownership.” The purpose of this Technical Note is to describe the “5Rs Framework”, a practical…