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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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Systems and Complexity White Paper
The "Systems and Complexity White Paper" is a how-to manual for USAID missions, operating units and partners on the application of systemic design, monitoring & evaluation…
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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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USAID Hosts Its First "Crowdsourcing" Event To Clean, Map, and Share Agency Data
This crowd sourcing effort involved volunteers who virtually collaborated with USAID staff to review Agency data on specific USAID economic growth activities, and help code that…
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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…