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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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Brief: Rewards and Risks Associated with Community Engagement in Anti-Poaching and Anti-Trafficking
This short technical brief summarizes the research paper “Rewards and Risks Associated with Community Engagement in Anti-Poaching and Anti-Trafficking Efforts” to explore…
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Adaptive Management in the Context of Job Creation, Tunisian Business Reform & Competitiveness
Watch an interview with this activity's Contracting Officer's Representative William Baldridge:Tunisia faces a youth bulge and youth unemployment is more than 30% (and nearly 50%…
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Rural Families in Guatemala Take Part in Quality of Education
Amidst disappointing data on reading proficiency among children in Guatemala, USAID constituted the Education Reform in the Classroom Project (2009-2014). Among other things, the…
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Training: Organizational Capacity Assessment
This is a web-based training on the USAID version of an Organizational Capacity Assessment, one of the most useful tools in the Local Solutions toolkit, created by the Local…
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Theories of Democratic Change II: Paths Away from Authoritarianism
This publication organizes and evaluates the body of current academic theory that can contribute to greater understanding of democratic openings in authoritarian systems. The…
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DRG Learning Agenda Literature Review: Combatting Corruption Among Civil Servants - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What Works
In 2016, USAID’s Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance launched its Learning Agenda—a set of research questions designed to address the issues that…
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Thinking and Working Politically (TWP) through Applied Political Economy Analysis (PEA): Core Resource Documents
Thinking and Working Politically: A Guide for Practitioners provides an overview of the process and methodology for applied PEA in use within USAID, and guidance on how PEA…
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Theories of Change in International Development: Communication, Learning, or Accountability?
This paper, written by Craig Valters for The Justice and Security Research Forum, provides an analysis of how Theories of Change are used in the day-to-day practice of an…
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Theories of Change and Indicator Development in Conflict Management and Mitigation
This report presents background information and key content related to a USAID-sponsored workshop on Theories of Change Indicator Development. The report opens with a brief review…