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USAID Democracy, Human Rights and Governance Center Learning Agenda
The USAID Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG) Learning Agenda is a set of twelve research questions in priority development areas for which the DRG Center intends to…
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Mapping a Crisis: AidData Students Respond to Nepal Earthquake
This case focuses on how AidData and its Research and Evaluation Unit coordinated students, faculty, and staff from the College of William and Mary to create an online dashboard to…
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Managing Knowledge for Program Results
CARE's SHOUHARDO program works with the generous funding of USAID in Bangladesh to reduce stunting and malnutrition. The project uses a detailed knowledge management strategy to…
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Towards a Productive Collaboration in Research and Implementation of Climate-Smart Conservation Agriculture in Sierra Leone
The case study examines the research support by Cornell University to CARE Sierra Leone’s work as an implementing partner to the USAID-funded STEWARD project in Guinea and Sierra…
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Shifting the Locus of Learning: Catalyzing Private Sector Learning to Drive Systemic Change
Learning is at the heart of the process of economic development—it drives more competitive, resilient, and inclusive firms and systems. Yet learning is less frequently seen as a…
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Human and Institutional Capacity Development
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This handbook provides guidance to Missions in how to implement Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) in development programs. It was published in August…
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The Civil Society Innovation Initiative & the Greater Internet Freedom Projects: A case study in locally led development
This case study profiles USAID’s Civil Society Innovation Initiative (CSII) and the Greater Internet Freedom (GIF) projects. Both projects were designed to strengthen the capacity…
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Balkan Media Assistance Program: A case study in locally led development
This case study highlights the achievements of the Balkan Media Assistance Program (BMAP) made possible by the project’s use of such locally led development enabling tools as…
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Governance for Local Development: A case study in locally led development
In many countries the local needs and priorities of citizens are often disconnected or disjointed from national and provincial resources and the resulting activities of local…
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Learning and Collaboration: DNA for Next-Generation Agricultural Research
The case presents the learning and collaboration as well as adoption experiences of the Africa RISING program, with a specific focus on the Ethiopian highlands project. As a…