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Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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Operationalizing Adaptive Management: What it takes. Why it matters.
Development actors increasingly agree that managing programs adaptively – especially complex interventions – can improve their effectiveness. A growing body of evidence supports…
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Submitting a USAID Evaluation to the Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)
This document provides detailed instructions for USAID staff on how to submit an evaluation to the DEC. Non-USAID staff members accessing the DEC’s public website are required to…
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Developing an Evaluation Dissemination Plan
This content is currently under revision to align with the recently updated ADS 201. For guidance and support associated with revisions to ADS 201, please see the Program Cycle…
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Post-Evaluation Action Plans
This content is currently under revision to align with the recently updated ADS 201. For guidance and support associated with revisions to ADS 201, please see the Program Cycle…
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Results-Based Management Websites Review
This blog reviews Results-Based Management (RBM) frameworks, guides, handbooks, tools, and websites, and assesses their utility for international development practitioners: donor…
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Establishing a Learning Agenda and Learning Agenda Template
A learning agenda includes a (1) set of questions addressing the critical knowledge gaps impeding informed design and implementation decisions and (2) plans for learning activities…
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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 can…
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Suggested Approaches for Integrating Inclusive Development Across the Program Cycle and in Mission Operations (ADS 201 Additional Help)
Inclusive Development is the concept that every person, regardless of their identity, is instrumental in the transformation of their own societies and their inclusion throughout the…
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USAID Climate Strategy 2022-2030
Climate change is a global crisis. As temperatures and sea levels rise, people around the world are increasingly seeing heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones, and wildfires upend…
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For Implementers, 3 implications of USAID Forward
This Devex article provides an overview of USAID forward, describing the context, defining themes (strategy, design, and competition), and examining implications. It provides a…