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An Iterative Approach to Developing the Collaborating, Learning and Adapting Maturity Tool
This summary of developing the CLA Maturity Tool was originally submitted as a case to the 2016 CLA Case Competition. It’s been repurposed here as a blog and includes some updates…
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Thoughts to inform USAID’s Effective Partnering and Procurement Reform
The afternoon session of MTN’s Managing Adaptively track really epitomized why USAID holds the Moving the Needle event. “Adaptive Partnering: A Conversation with USAID” was a…
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March 2023 Month & Learn: Common Challenges in Mid-Course Stocktaking
With many of the Agency’s Regional and Country Development Cooperation Strategies approaching their implementation mid-points, USAID Missions across the globe are gearing up to…
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Adaptive Management: If Not Now, When?
This blog is the sixth and final in an ongoing series exploring the components of USAID's Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Framework. Here is the first blog on organizational…
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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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USAID Incorporates Adaptive Management to Improve the Program Cycle
I recently attended a fascinating workshop in London, hosted by the Real Time Data Team in the Global Development Lab, where staff from seemingly disparate fields and organizations…
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Additional Help for ADS 201: Inclusive Development
Inclusive Development is an equitable development approach built on the understanding that every individual and community, of all diverse identities and experiences, is instrumental…
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Discussion Note: Adaptive Management
This Discussion Note complements ADS 201.3.1.2 Program Cycle Principles by elaborating on Principle 2: Manage Adaptively through Continuous Learning. This Discussion Note is…
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Adapting in Practice
USAID’s work takes place in environments that are often unstable and in transition. Even in more stable contexts, circumstances evolve and may affect programming in…
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Navigating Complexity: Adaptive Management at the Northern Karamoja Growth, Health, and Governance Program
Development actors increasingly agree that managing programs adaptively – especially complex interventions – can improve their effectiveness. A growing body of evidence supports…