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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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Learning to Adapt: Exploring Knowledge, Information and Data for Adaptive Programmes and Policies
Adaptive management is increasingly seen as critical capability for development programmes and policies that are more effective, efficient, relevant and sustainable. There is…
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Empowering Chiefs and Traditional Leaders Revolutionizes Sanitation Program
Akros has been working in Zambia in Community-Led Total Sanitation towards improving uptake of open defecation free (ODF) status at the village level. Our innovative approach…
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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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Managing Complexity: Adaptive Management at Mercy Corps
To be effective in complex environments we need to be more agile and able to adapt to changes in needs and opportunities in a timely and intentional way.This document articulates…
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Learning Plan for the Open Contracting Partnership
The Open Contracting Partnership is driven by two goals, as articulated in its 2015-2018 strategy: building global norms and demand for open contracting; and strengthening…
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Outcomes for Money (OxM): An Unorthodox Analysis of Value for Money
This experimental methodology takes a fresh look at the notion of value for money, by redefining ‘value’ as the changes experienced in terms of new knowledge, attitudes and…
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Empowering Drug Abusing Juveniles in Conflict with the Law
The problem of drug abuse among Indian youth has been increasing over the years. Not only has the problem grown in magnitude, the profile of users now includes children below 10…
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Supporting a Second Annual Crop with Seepage Wells
As part of the Feed the Future India-Africa Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (NRM) Innovation Sharing Platform program, USAID/India is supporting TechnoServe, together…
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Afro-Colombian Cocoa Farmers Form Private-Public Partnership in the Conflict-Affected Municipality of Tumaco
As part of a larger initiative managed by USAID/Colombia, one of the explicit strategic objectives has been to identify innovative ways to attract and retain private sector…