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Collaborating to Build Local Government Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity in Peru
USAID’s evaluation policy and the integration of aid effectiveness principles in our work created an important impetus for USAID/Peru to incorporate Monitoring &…
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Grantcraft Guide to Community Philanthropy for Donors
This paper is for donors looking for ways to ensure that our interventions produce lasting results that are owned and directed by the people they are meant to benefit. It offers…
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Applied Political Economy Analysis (PEA): Reference Materials
These materials are intended to provide some ideas on possible ways to structure documents and processes associated with conducting Applied Political Economy Analysis, including:
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Thinking and Working Politically (TWP) through Applied Political Economy Analysis (PEA) -- Guide and Supporting Materials
Have you ever done everything right in a development program — followed every technical best practice — but still missed the mark? When this happens, it often relates to factors in…
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Learning to Learn in Liberia: A CLA Approach to Effective Advocacy
The USAID Liberia Accountability and Voice Initiative (LAVI) is five-year project implemented by DAI with the goal of strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships to advocate for…
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Applying Evidence: What Works? A Rapid Literature Review
This review provides a summary of existing literature on using evidence to inform ways the US Global Development Lab (the Lab) and Agency as a whole could improve its evidence-based…
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Closing the Loop: Effective Feedback in Humanitarian Contexts
This paper, written by Francesca Bonino, Isabella Jean and Paul Knox Clarke for ALNAP presents a guide for practitioners who are designing or implementing feedback loops…
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Navigating Complexity: Adaptive Management at the Northern Karamoja Growth, Health, and Governance Program
Development actors increasingly agree that managing programs adaptively – especially complex interventions – can improve their effectiveness. A growing body of evidence supports…
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Briefing Paper: Shifting Aid Models to Manage for Systemic Change
This briefing paper was produced following a policy forum hosted by Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) in January 2014. The event brought together a small group of policy makers…
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Peer Mentoring and Knowledge Transfer
In this webinar Steve Trautman presents information on how institutions effectively deal with an aging workforce and staff turn-over, and what approaches can be used to facilitate…