Resources

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…

This resource is intended for use by USAID staff or implementing partners as they develop or review learning questions during monitoring, evaluation or learning (MEL) planning…

Rapid After-Action Review (RAAR) is a quick and easy exercise in collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) that teams can build into everyday work processes. A RAAR is a 1-hour…

After Action Reviews (AARs) are a best practice for knowledge sharing and learning. As described on the BetterEvaluation website, an After Action Review is a simple tool to…

The Locally Led Development Spectrum and Checklist are instruments that USAID’s Locally Led Development Initiatives has developed and are testing to help USAID and our partners…

Fresh Perspectives explores the topic of Pause and Reflect and what this practice means at USAID, through the eyes of nine individuals supporting bureaus and Missions across the…

This working paper, produced under the Global Learning for Adaptive Management (GLAM) iniative, sets out four steps for strengthening evidence-informed adaptive management: 1)…

This resource outlines a variety of approaches to conducting learning activities to help answer learning questions. Often, we rely on approaches that we have used in the past…

This five-page resource, developed by UNICEF as part of their Knowledge Exchange Toolbox, provides an overview of after-action reviews (AARs). USAID recommends conducting AARs as…

This blog post, written in the format of an open letter, offers emergent reflections, tips and considerations from our early experiences of  facilitating hybrid (jointly in-person…