Resources

This paper is for donors looking for ways to ensure that our interventions produce lasting results that are owned and directed by the people they are meant to benefit. It offers…

A pivot log is an adaptive management tool to track significant changes (or pivots) that are made in an activity or a project, documenting the date and the reasoning behind the…

Have you ever done everything right in a development program — followed every technical best practice — but still missed the mark? When this happens, it often relates to factors in…

Context Driven Adaptation requires embracing learning about factors beyond the results of our own interventions, within timeframes that may not be easily mapped out in advance. One…

 The resources in this section will assist you to consider power dynamics that apply to your programming space, and ensure that your design works “with the grain” of those…

 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…

 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…

  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…

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…

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…