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Local Capacity Strengthening Policy
USAID recognizes the central importance of partnerships that result in strengthened local communities — a longstanding practice across every sector, country, and context in which…
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Measuring Organizational Performance Improvement: Perspectives from USAID Mission Staff
Measuring the effectiveness of local capacity strengthening (LCS) efforts is key to tracking USAID’s progress towards reaching long-term development outcomes. Capacity is a form of…
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Mapping Evidence to Enhance the Impacts of Development Research
Research transforms lives. It helps us understand complex problems and create solutions across cultures, regions, and sectors. USAID is committed to evidence-based decision making…
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Introducing the Theory of Change Workbook: A Practical Guide for Making Theories of Change Locally-Driven and Context-Specific
Date: November 16th, 8:30am -10:00am EDT; 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm UTC
Panelists: Monalisa Salib (Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Learns in Vietnam, Social Impact) and Keith Symington …
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Integrating the CLA Approach in the Rural Resilience Activity in Nigeria
This blog considers the following questions on how the Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity integrated CLA practices to help improve the Activity's effectiveness and…
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Let Your Failures Teach You
"You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you." ― Barack Obama
Two years after our last blog post on “Fail Again, Fail Better,” we’re…
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Evidence for Impact Webinar: Strengthen Your Team’s CLA Practices: Introducing the CLA Maturity Tool for USAID Implementers
Join Social Impact on December 13, 2022 for a webinar introducing the CLA Maturity Tool for Implementing Partners. The Collaborating, Learning & Adapting (CLA) Maturity…
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Engaging Nontraditional and Local Partners in Collective Action: Spotlight on the New Partnerships Initiative
Development challenges involve complex interactions among people, organizations, and institutions. To better tackle these challenges, practitioners must pay close attention to these…
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Designing Training for Greater Impact: Adapting Best Practices for DRG Practitioners
In the democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) space, we spend a lot of time and effort training local partners to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to enact positive,…
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Evaluation Jitters Part Two: Managing an Evaluation
This webinar is part of a four-part series on monitoring and evaluation. Once an evaluation begins, the evaluation team needs a key organizational contact. This contact is often a…