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Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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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 evolves, best…
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Outcome Mapping: Building Learning and Reflection into Development Programs
The Evaluation Unit and a number of IDRC programs have been working with Dr. Barry Kibel of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation to adapt his Outcome Engineering…
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CARE Brief No. 2 Learning and Knowledge Sharing for the Program Shift
This document illuminates CARE's approach to learning, akin to the CLA.
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CARE Brief No 4. Measuring Program Impact
This report brief describes measuring program support and program processes, ranging from sectoral impact to changes to the millenium development goals by programs.
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Non-Project Assistance and Policy Reform: Lessons Learned for Strengthening Country Systems
This is a background paper on non-project assistance and policy reform for the November 2012 USAID Experience Summit on Strengthening Country Systems. This paper reviews USAID…
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Development Grants Program Global Evaluation Summary
This is a background paper for the November 2012 USAID Experience Summit on Strengthening Country Systems.Between September 2010 and March 2011, Thomas Dichter was commissioned to…
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Attending to Interrelationships, Perspectives, and Boundaries: A Complexity-Aware Monitoring Principle
Bob Williams and Heather Britt discuss how systemic monitoring can enhance your performance monitoring system. Complexity-aware monitoring helps us to understand inter-relationships…
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Synchronizing Monitoring with the Pace of Change in Complexity: A Complexity-Aware Monitoring Principle
Synchronizing monitoring with the pace of change ensures that information is available at the right time to inform adaptive management in dynamic settings. For complex aspects of…
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Evaluation for Strategic Learning: Assessing Readiness and Results
This publication explores organizational preparedness and situational suitability for evaluation that supports strategic learning. It also discusses how to understand if this…
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Peer Assists Guidance
Peer assists are face-to-face or virtual gatherings that bring colleagues together to share knowledge, best practices, or lessons learned on a particular topic. They can be an…