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A Conversation with Anna Slother on Staff Care and Wellness in Conflict and Crisis
Peace, Stability, and Transition Resilience June 8, 2022
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Let's have a conversation with Chemonics' Executive Vice President Anna Slother about leading crisis responses in development, supporting and learning from colleagues in Ukraine and worldwide, and fostering a culture of staff wellness.
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Should Evaluators Take a Step Back? Enabling Frontline Staff to Lead the Learning Process
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning May 30, 2022
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“We must learn!” is a cry commonly heard on international development programs, often resulting in ineffective quarterly “pause and reflects” that occasionally include evidence. In an increasingly complex world, the development community must do better. Prioritizing the observations of frontline staff is crucial to actually learning so that we can adapt and improve programming.
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Rethinking Technical Assistance in Rapidly Changing Socioeconomic Environments
Economic Growth and Trade Democracy and Governance Local Governance and Decentralization Cross-Sector Development May 12, 2022
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The successful design and implementation of technical assistance in a rapidly changing socioeconomic environment is contingent upon participatory and systematic feedback mechanisms between implementing organizations and the communities they serve. In this blog, we share lessons from the Community Support Program in Lebanon.
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Rethinking Technical Assistance in Rapidly Changing Socioeconomic Environments
May 12, 2022
5 Minute Read
Economic Growth and Trade
Democracy and Governance
Local Governance and Decentralization
Cross-Sector Development
The successful design and implementation of technical assistance in a rapidly changing socioeconomic environment is contingent upon participatory and systematic feedback mechanisms between implementing organizations and the communities they serve. In this blog, we share lessons from the Community Support Program in Lebanon.
Creativity and Innovation Can Save the Day
April 21, 2022
5 Minute Read
Cross-Sector Development
Economic Growth and Trade
Public Private Partnerships and Investment
Agriculture and Food Security
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Innovation & Investment Senior Advisor Lauren Behr discusses the urgency for innovation and the difficulty of scaling it to respond to today’s challenges on this World Creativity & Innovation Day.
Next-Generation Urban WASH Requires Transparent, Innovative Governance
August 4, 2021
5 Minute Read
Water, Energy, and Sustainable Cities
Democracy and Governance
Water and Wastewater
Sustainable and Resilient Cities
Cross-Sector Development
Effective governance underpins equitable and efficient service delivery. Explore how developing new and improved methods of governance is critical to addressing the growing challenge of urbanization.
3 Questions with Dany Khy on Chemonics’ New Center for Private Sector Engagement
February 25, 2021
4 Minute Read
Economic Growth and Trade
Public Private Partnerships and Investment
Cross-Sector Development
Corporate Partnerships
As Chemonics launches its Center for Private Sector Engagement, its director Dany Khy shares our goals, approaches, and challenges for partnerships during the pandemic and beyond.
Voices from Our Projects: Critical Skills for Private Sector Engagement
November 5, 2020
5 Minute Read
Public Private Partnerships and Investment
Business Enabling Environment
Corporate Partnerships
Cross-Sector Development
Capacity Building
Experts from our projects across Latin America offer tips and insights about critical skills needed for effective private sector engagement.
The Work You May Not Know You’re Doing and How To Do It Better
June 30, 2020
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Rule of Law and Security Sector Strengthening
Democracy and Governance
Cross-Sector Development
Anti-corruption
Stacia George and Heather Seeley explore why security sector reform is key to every development project, how you may be enacting reform without knowing it, and how to do more to integrate best practices into your project for more effective and just security sector wherever you work.
