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Stop, Reflect, Improve: Using CLA to Engage Men to Improve Women and Children's Health
The Amalima project builds on existing communal initiatives to sustainably improve household food and nutrition security by strengthening access to and availability of food,…
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Scenario Planning for Assistance to Yemen
In the absence of a formal strategy to guide programming in the dynamic and challenging context of Yemen, the USAID/Yemen team developed a scenario plan and monitoring framework to…
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No One Can Know Everything: Collaborating for Better Evaluation Recommendations
In June 2016, USAID/Jordan decided that, while its systems were producing strong evaluations, there must be a way to further enhance the utility of the final recommendations for…
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Collaborating, Learning and Adapting to Build Resilience in Fragile States
Development programming in fragile and conflict-affected states can present daunting challenges, not the least when trying to generate learning for adaptive programming. Settings…
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Using Evidence & Expertise to Build a Sustainable Health Service Delivery Network
The USAID-DFID nongovernmental organization (NGO) Health Service Delivery Project (NHSDP) is USAID/Bangladesh’s flagship clinical service delivery project, offering integrated…
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Rising Coca Production and USAID/Colombia: Responding with Rapid Iterative Learning
The astonishing increase in coca leaf cultivation in Colombia over the past 3 years, coinciding with the historic peace agreement between the government and guerrilla forces to end…
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Stakeholder Consultation Visits Improve Strategic Planning
USAID/Ethiopia is using a purposeful collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) approach to develop its second generation Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS 2.0)…
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Building a Better Business Environment in Serbia through CLA
USAID’s Business Enabling Project (BEP), implemented by Cardno, is a seven-year initiative launched in 2011. BEP has helped Serbia to develop the critical elements for economic…
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Walking the Walk: Building Internal Capacity for Performance Improvement
USAID staff are most often hired for their technical mastery, yet many of their day-to-day tasks require management and relationship-building skills. This gap is evident in the…
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Making Connections, Measuring Results: CLA in a Food Security Program in Zambia
This case concerns the USAID-funded, Feed the Future Zambia Mawa Project (2012-2017), implemented in the Eastern Province of Zambia. The project was designed to positively impact…