Chemonics News and Blog
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Stop, Look, and Listen! Preventing Recruitment of Youth into Illicit Activities in Southern Colombia
Democracy and Governance Violence Prevention Peace, Stability, and Transition Youth Violence Prevention April 18, 2019
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As development practitioners, we tend to rush in with solutions to deal with complex problems. But, acknowledging problem complexity means we need to step back and give ourselves room to figure out how to achieve sustainable impact.
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News: Chemonics Tackles High-Priority Global Education Issues at CIES 2019
Education and Youth Advancing Quality Education Education Systems Strengthening and Policy Reform Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Empowering Youth Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Supply Chain Solutions Innovation and Technology Data Quality and Management April 15, 2019
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This week, Chemonics presents at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) on sustainable education in conflict zones, early grade reading, book supply chain, and data- and technology-driven approaches to education.
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Disability Measurement Challenges: Not an Excuse to Delay Inclusive Education
Disability-Inclusive development Social Inclusion Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Education and Youth Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advancing Quality Education Empowering Youth April 11, 2019
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As development professionals, we often get waylaid by measurement challenges in our pursuit of disability-inclusive education. Paige Morency Notario reminds us that when it comes to meeting students’ needs, it’s better to start somewhere than not to start at all.
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When Projects Close: Lessons Learned from an Ex-Post Study
March 29, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Resilience
Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
An ex-post study of project impact can inform future programming and validate development approaches. But, what factors should implementors consider when planning such studies? Ilisa Gertner and Caryl Merten share their recent ex-post experience.
News: Chemonics Welcomes New Agriculture and Food Security Practice Director
March 21, 2019
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Agriculture and Food Security
Nutrition
Enabling Environment for Agriculture
Access to Finance
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Garron Hansen will lead Chemonics’ efforts to facilitate inclusive market system development while improving nutrition outcomes and climate-smart agriculture practices.
Drones Present Modern Solution for Heritage Wine Industry
October 2, 2018
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Agriculture and Food Security
Economic Growth and Trade
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Innovation and Technology
From detecting vine infection to providing more reliable data, pilot demonstrates the many ways drone technology can safeguard vineyards in Moldova and around the world.
Securing our Future: Partnerships for Youth
September 18, 2018
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Agriculture and Food Security
Natural Resource Management
Youth Workforce Development
Empowering Youth
Education and Youth
Economic Growth and Trade
Sustainable and Resilient Cities
Access to Finance
Financial Services
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
How can we use the resources of public-private partnerships to solve youth unemployment and position young people to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges – in agriculture, natural resources, tourism, and more?
Supporting Healthy Digital Platform Competition in the Georgian Agriculture Market
August 16, 2018
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Agriculture and Food Security
Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains
Innovation and Technology
What is the role of technology in creating viable, sustainable markets? In Georgia, one project is using innovative digital solutions to transform the agricultural value chain and empower local actors to reach their full potential.
