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How do you do "Adaptive Programming?" Two Examples of Practical Experience Help with Some of the Answers
This post originally appeared on Oxfam's From Poverty to Power blog on September 13, 2016.At a glance the two DFID programmes we work on are very different. SAVI (and its…
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What Difference Does Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Make to Development? Key Findings from a Recent Literature Review
With roughly 120 collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) Case Competition submissions over the last two years, we have significant anecdotal evidence that an intentional,…
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Three Perspectives on USAID/Mozambique’s Mid-Course Strategy Stocktaking
USAID/Mozambique embarked on a journey to reflect and learn about progress during the first two and a half years of their country strategy. Following an intense planning and…
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Adaptive Programming: The “Space of Possibility”
Sara Mizuta Seavey, M.A., is a Senior Program Officer at FHI360 for the Mobile Solutions Technical Assistance and Research (mSTAR) project, where she works with USAID…
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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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Mapping Communities - Revealing Patterns, Boundaries, and Other Insights into Your Data
Written by Erin Gamble, this article originally appeared on nten.org on July 21, 2015. Why would mapping communities be important for communications efforts?Mapping is…
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EvalPartners share International Year of Evaluation updates, insights on USAID partnerships with local evaluators
On June 25, USAID's Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research (PPL/LER) hosted a morning coffee break and conversation with four global…
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Sustaining Development: Results from an Ex-Post Evaluation Among Food for Peace Development Food Assistance Projects
USAID's Office of Food for Peace (FFP), Local Systems Community, and the Evaluation Interest Group (EIG) hosted a presentation of key findings and recommendations from the FFP…
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Challenges of Shared Decision-Making and Promising Practices to Address Them
Heather Britt is the Senior M&E Specialist for USAID/PPL/LER’s Complexity-Aware M&E initiative. The C-AM&E initiative provides technical assistance to M&E innovators…
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Learning from Learning Efforts
“In the rush to meet the program design deadline, we were keenly aware that we weren't making enough use of the existing knowledge and expertise that exists within USAID. I often…