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How to Collaborate with People You Don’t Like
This blog post was written by Monalisa Salib, Deputy Chief of Party of the USAID LEARN contract.Real talk: Collaboration can be hard. Sometimes it’s hard because you don’t like…
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CLA in Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Tanzania
Erica Kuhlik is a Results and Measurement Advisor with Pact.Since the release of the revised ADS 201 in September 2016, Pact has accelerated efforts to incorporate innovative…
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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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Mapping a Crisis: AidData Students Respond to Nepal Earthquake
This case focuses on how AidData and its Research and Evaluation Unit coordinated students, faculty, and staff from the College of William and Mary to create an online dashboard to…
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Grants Improve Decentralized Service Delivery: Evidence from Uganda
The Strengthening Decentralization for Sustainability (SDS) Program is a 6-year USAID-funded project in Uganda. The program is USAID’s vehicle for empowering local governments in…
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Rural Families in Guatemala Take Part in Quality of Education
Amidst disappointing data on reading proficiency among children in Guatemala, USAID constituted the Education Reform in the Classroom Project (2009-2014). Among other things, the…
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Data, Dashboards, and Dialogue for Policy Advocacy Wins in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, local Health Center Committees and District Health Executive teams are using community scorecard data to understand major health challenges facing local communities and…
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Using a CLA Approach to Improve Literacy in Uganda
For the USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program (SHRP), adapting to improve results is at the core of everything we do, and at the core of what have now become national…
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Walking the Walk: Building Internal Capacity for Performance Improvement
USAID staff are most often hired for their technical mastery, yet many of their day-to-day tasks require management and relationship-building skills. This gap is evident in the…
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From Goats to Poultry: How Transitioning to New Value Chains Enhances Livelihoods
Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world; life expectancies are low, and families often struggle to meet basic…