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We believe those who have
the least deserve our best.
At Chemonics, development
is more than a passion or calling.

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The more intractable the problem, the more determined we are to solve it. Our experts discuss solutions to today’s development challenges.

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High-Impact Practices

Social and behavior change communications can be a valuable tool to prevent violent extremism. Our primer offers guidance on how to design interventions effectively.

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Where We Work

$2 billion

in farm sales thanks to project implementation as of 2016

40,933,382

children served as of 2016

2,894,980

farmers who have applied new technologies or management practices as of 2016

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Impact Stories
News and Blog

High-Quality Basic Education for Students in Sindh

Sindh, Pakistan’s second largest province, has made recent economic progress, but its education indicators are still low, with about 4 million children ages 5 to 12 not in school.

Changing Lives in Haiti Through Agriculture

Sixty percent of people in Haiti rely on the agriculture sector to survive, and although crop yields are still extremely low by international standards, progress is being made.

Breaking Down Barriers to Agribusiness in Uganda

In Uganda, where half of all exports are agricultural, crop yields are low, but the public and private sectors are collaborating to improve agricultural production and make it easier for farmers to do business.

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Access to Medicines Transforms Lives for HIV/AIDS Patients

Bolstering the health supply chain in Zambia equips health facilities with the medicines and other supplies needed to care for patients like Catherine Nalungwe who live with HIV/AIDS.

A One-Stop Success for Afghanistan

A new streamlined concept for customs processing — the one-stop shop — has transformed the way that Afghan traders can export their goods to neighboring countries and generate income.

Train a Woman, Train a Nation

A new approach to training farmers is creating jobs and increasing harvests in Uganda.

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Sequencing for Success in Blended Finance Solutions

For emerging markets, blended finance is the new cool kid on the block. It’s a tool that facilitates access to finance around the world, and it’s gaining momentum with the international development community. While articles discussing blended finance abound, development practitioners increasingly seek specific information about how to “do” blended finance. Chemonics and LixCap know […]

The Power of a Picture: Elevating Women’s Voices through Art

The global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign calls for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence (GBV). It takes place every year between November 25 and December 10, culminating on Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day celebrates universal rights — including the rights to life, liberty, and security — that are […]

Want Global Health Security? Look to Health Systems, Financing, and the Private Sector

With the recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the worst famine of the century in Yemen as a backdrop, delegations from member countries gathered in Bali last month for the Fifth Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Ministerial Meeting. Since its inception in 2014, the GHSA has achieved a considerable number of […]

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