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Evaluations that made a difference: USAID wants your feedback!
As part of an ongoing study of evaluation utilization, USAID’s Office of Learning, Evaluation, and Research in the Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning is crowdsourcing…
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Updated Research Policy Emphasizes Field-based Learning and Innovation
Research is a critical part of USAID’s policies and strategies. It allows USAID to develop, test, refine and evaluate the acceptability and cost-effectiveness of new and improved…
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Committing to Collaborative Learning to Improve Sanitation in Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
Photo: Members of a collective action group in Debre Birhan, Ethiopia, scout the location of a fecal sludge disposal site. Credit: Maheder Hailesalassie
Failing Sanitation…
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The promise and pitfalls of indices to measure complex governance outcome concepts
A recurring frustration among international development implementors and evaluators is our over-reliance on reductionist indicators to measure outcome-level changes. Such indicators…
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A Guide to Complexity-Aware Monitoring Approaches
This guide includes an introduction to the key concepts associated with complexity-aware monitoring, guidance to support application of the approaches, a summary matrix to…
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Political Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities: Reflecting on What Works
Shifting sociopolitical norms and creating space for historically marginalized people to fill leadership roles in their communities is no small task. This holds true for persons…
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Balancing crisis response with sustainable impact: Seven questions to ensure learning, ethics and accountability amid Covid-19 and beyond
Crises bring many things to light: how prepared you are to respond and adapt quickly, how you apply lessons from past experiences while adopting new practices, how you manage…
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An Innovative, Online Catalogue Highlights Innovations and Adaptations During COVID-19
When COVID-19 hit, programming teams across the world faced an imperative to devise new ways of ensuring reliable, continued delivery of essential child protection interventions, on…
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Bangladesh’s COVID-19 Multi-sector Impact Report: Some Insights
In the midst of the global unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19, it is high time for countries to conduct analyses to address immediate, mid-term and longer-term challenges,…
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NTD programming in the COVID-19 era: How are we learning and adapting?
Implementing neglected tropical disease (NTD) programming during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been a simple task. Around the world, NTD activities are in various phases of stopping…