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Tips for Producing Promising Development Hypotheses
This one-page guidance document shares tips for producing USAID development hypotheses, including "do's," "don'ts," and examples.
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Modern Communities of Practice: Recommendations for Building, Maintaining and Measuring Impact
Modern communities of practice (CoP) built on a foundation of technology and social media are emerging on a global scale. Considering the speed at which technology…
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Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Knowledge Management in Global Health Programs
The Guide attempts to demystify issues and challenges that may surface when designing KM activities and measuring specific types of KM approaches, by providing answers to…
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Making Use of the Portfolio: Organizational Learning at USAID
Learning from experiences to improve future actions has been a priority of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for decades. Indeed, a number of approaches to…
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Adaptive Management: Thoughts About USAID's Evolving Program Cycle (webinar recording)
We have learned a lot in the four years since USAID’s Program Cycle reforms were introduced. While the core elements of the Program Cycle - strategic planning, project design,…
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Geospatial Impact Evaluation Methodology
AidData and affiliated researchers of the AidData Research Consortium have employed cutting-edge geospatial impact evaluation (GIE) methodologies to create new cost and time…
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The Ideal Prospective Impact Evaluation Timeline
Planning and execution for an impact evaluation has to be integrated with activity implementation. This document presents a sample timeline that outlines this relationship, from…
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Realigning Strategy to Respond to Market Realities: Agricultural Inputs Uganda
In June 2015, the USAID/Uganda Feed the Future Agricultural Inputs Activity was reaching its midway point, and the team commissioned a Strategic Assessment to determine if the…
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PRIME Time for Mercy Corps Ethiopia's Concept Note and Reporting System
The PRIME project, funded by USAID’s Feed the Future and Global Climate Change initiatives, covers five technical components, across three regions of Ethiopia through ten partner…
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Continuous Evaluation with Real-Time Feedback Fosters Adaptive Program Management
In support of the USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program (SHRP), Panagora used a novel CLA process through the Performance & Impact Evaluation (P&IE) program, with…