Chemonics News and Blog
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News: Chemonics Announces New Senior Vice President Victoria Cooper
Democracy and Governance Executive Branch Strengthening January 9, 2020
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In her new role, Ms. Cooper will oversee and develop the business strategy, management, and technical programming for the East and Southern Africa regional business unit.
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Best of the Blog 2019
Public Private Partnerships and Investment Health Supply Chains Education and Youth Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Peace, Stability, and Transition Innovation and Technology Corporate Partnerships Democracy and Governance Economic Growth and Trade December 31, 2019
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This was a big year for private sector engagement, with nearly half of our most popular posts exploring its importance to the future of development. Check out those posts and other key insights, profiles, and technical approaches from Chemonics in 2019.
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Let’s Get Creative: Localized Data Collection for Stronger Project Outcomes
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Anti-corruption Data Quality and Management Democracy and Governance Security Sector Reform Peace, Stability, and Transition December 23, 2019
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How can the development community become more creative with data collection to navigate complex operating environments and gather accurate, high-quality, consistent data?
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An Argument for Inclusive Stabilization
November 7, 2019
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Peace, Stability, and Transition
Stabilization and Transition Assistance
Vulnerable Groups
Resilience
Democracy and Governance
How can organizations target the challenges specifically facing minority communities while ensuring efforts contribute to the cohesion and stability of the whole society? Catherine Kannam shares four best practices.
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.
Increasing Resiliency in the Face of Disaster: Four Best Practices
September 20, 2018
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Disaster Assistance
Peace, Stability, and Transition
Resilience
Democracy and Governance
Climate Change
Data Visibility
Forecasting and Supply Planning
Supply Chain Solutions
How can implementing partners and international NGOs help countries establish a solid foundation to prepare for, respond to, and rebuild after disasters? When it comes to increasing resilience, these four practices are a good place to start.
From Trickle to Flood: How Water Extremes Can Impact Health
July 10, 2018
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Water, Energy, and Sustainable Cities
Health Systems
Health
Cross-Sector Development
Climate Change
Environment and Natural Resources
Resilience
Fluctuations in water availability caused by climate change can have huge public health ramifications. In this blog post, Wan Lee argues that sometimes the solutions to these burdens can be found outside the health sector.
News: Addressing Environmental Degradation in Haiti
January 11, 2018
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Environment and Natural Resources
Environmental Management
Natural Resource Management
Agriculture and Food Security
Resilience
Chemonics launches a project in northern Haiti to counter deforestation and promote community resilience.
