Resources
Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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CLA Framework, Maturity Tool and Spectrum Handouts
USAID/PPL/LER and its support mechanism, LEARN, have developed a Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Framework and Maturity Tool to help USAID missions think more…
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Introduction to Net-Mapping
Net-Map is an interview-based mapping tool that helps people understand, visualize, discuss, and improve situations in which many different actors influence outcomes. By creating…
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USAID/Jordan Health Office's Joint Work Plan: Driving Portfolio-Wide Coordination
Jordan is a small yet highly pressurized country under strain from a mounting Syrian refugee and humanitarian crisis. Jordan now hosts the world’s fifth-largest refugee population…
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How-To Note: CDCS Mid-Course Stocktaking
The Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Mid-Course Stocktaking How-To Note provides guidance on planning and conducting a mid-course stocktaking. The process described…
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Integration for Maximum Results
USAID/Honduras is using CLA for its integration approach under Development Objective 2 (DO2) “Extreme poverty sustainably reduced for vulnerable populations in western Honduras,” of…
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USAID/Malawi's Experiment in Integration to Foster Collaboration and Improve Programmatic Decision-Making
After fifty years of development work in Malawi, it was clear that traditional development structures were failing to lift Malawians out of the poverty trap. So the Mission asked,…
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USAID/Zimbabwe’s Big Weeks and CLA: A Blueprint for Participatory, Scenario-Based CDCS Development
From fall 2015 through the spring of 2016, USAID/Zimbabwe developed its Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) for 2016–2021. This is our first full CDCS following a three…
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DRG Integration: Case Study Synthesis Report
Recently, the DRG Center presented the findings from six DRG Integration Case Studies (Ethiopia, Indonesia, Rwanda, Guatemala, Malawi and Nepal) to 50 representatives of key USAID…
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Drafting a Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Plan and CLA Plan Template
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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1+1>2: Increasing Impact Through a Regional Development Initiative in Uganda
USAID/Uganda set out to 'do business differently' with the introduction of their latest Country Development Cooperation Strategy. Part of this philosophy involves looking at…