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Market Facilitation Peer-Learning Event Materials
“We’ve identified that we have the same challenges within our projects... For us, it was good to hear that we’re hurting in the same place and comforting to see that we have the…
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DRG Learning Agenda Findings: Decentralized Governance and Accountability
USAID’s Center of Excellence in Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) has commissioned a forthcoming edited volume on decentralized governance and accountability. This…
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Discussion Note: Making Evidence Accessible through Evaluation Synthesis
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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Mobilizing Investment for Development with Catalytic Funding: Learning Brief
Catalytic funding is the provision of resources to an investment fund or vehicle designed to mitigate risk and improve the fund's overall viability to attract new investment for…
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HICD Desk Review: Recommendations from HICD Program Evaluations and Reports
These exploratory analyses draw from two loosely interconnected efforts:USAID’s Paper Series on Capacity and Capacity Strengthening, andA synthesis of recommendations from nine…
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Technical Note: Impact Evaluations
This Note defines impact evaluations, explains when they should be commissioned according to USAID policy and describes different designs for quasi-experimental and experimental…
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Technical Note on Evaluative Case Studies
Evaluative case studies can be used as a valuable method or complement to other methods for evaluating USAID development projects and activities. This Technical Note provides…
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Discussion Note: Ex-post Evaluations
This Discussion Note outlines key considerations for USAID staff and evaluators when deciding to conduct an ex-post evaluation and then planning for, designing, implementing, and…
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Launching PLR’s Local Evaluation and Evidence Support (LEES) activity
This one pager details USAID's Bureau for Planning, Learning, and Resource Management's new Local Evaluation and Evidence Support (LEES) activity, which aims to provide technical…
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Country Systems Strengthening: Beyond Human and Organizational Capacity Development
A background paper for the November 2012 USAID Experience Summit on Strengthening Country Systems.After 60 years of evolving development theory and programmatic interventions, it is…