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Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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Increasing Program Reach Through Learning Networks
This presentation by Stacey Young of USAID at the USAID KM EGAT KM Fair in 2008 emphasizes how learning networks and collaborative learning helps to achieve scaleable…
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Interactive Planning
Interactive planning, as defined and disseminated on by Russell L. Ackoff, focuses on creating the future by designing a desirable present. Interactive planning is unlike other…
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Making Evaluations Matter: A Practical Guide for Evaluators
The guide attempts to provide an overall evaluation framework with guiding principles for conducting an evaluation. It brings together existing concepts, evaluation methods and…
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Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis: A Practical Method for Project Planning and Evaluation
Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) is an umbrella term to describe both the participatory construction of impact pathways and their subsequent use. This brief focuses on…
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Human and Institutional Capacity Development
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This handbook provides guidance to Missions in how to implement Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) in development programs. It was published in August…
This handbook provides guidance to Missions in how to implement Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) in development programs. It was published in August…
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USAID's Evaluation Interest Group Resources
The Evaluation Interest Group (EIG) is a community of practice based at USAID and is comprised of USAID staff, implementing partners, and others interested in learning more about…
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Communities of Practice and Networks: Reviewing Two Perspectives on Social Learning
This paper examines two different approaches used to describe and analyse similar phenomena: ‘networks for learning’ and ‘communities of practice’. These approaches are both…
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Positive Deviance Approach
This website offers information on the positive deviance approach, which is an asset-based, problem-solving, and community-driven approach that enables the community to discover…
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Evaluations for Learning: A Discussion Paper for the UK Not-for-Profit Sector
This paper compares conventional evaluations and evaluations for learning. Some notes are offered for commissioners of evaluations, and the paper concludes with some questions for…
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Market Facilitation in Practice: Case Studies for Implementers
This paper translates some of the key roles that a market facilitator is asked to play into tangible examples that help practitioners better understand their roles and…