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News: Chemonics Announces New Executive Vice President Chris Scott
Supply Chain Solutions Health February 25, 2020
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In his new role, Mr. Scott will oversee Chemonics’ global health and supply chain portfolio.
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Three Models that Ensure Private Sector Engagement
Public Private Partnerships and Investment Economic Growth and Trade Business Enabling Environment Agriculture and Food Security Innovation and Technology February 10, 2020
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If private sector engagement (PSE) is a journey — with some companies farther along than others — then what is the role of international development implementers to better enable and facilitate that engagement?
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How to Fail to Succeed
Environment and Natural Resources Conservation Solutions Lab Process Improvement Quality Assurance Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning February 4, 2020
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How can we improve development efforts in environmental and natural resources and other sectors by more intentionally sharing and learning from our failures? Michael Brown explores the importance of creating a culture of reflecting on failures to address urgent conservation needs.
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How to Fail to Succeed
February 4, 2020
4 Minute Read
Environment and Natural Resources
Conservation Solutions Lab
Process Improvement
Quality Assurance
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
How can we improve development efforts in environmental and natural resources and other sectors by more intentionally sharing and learning from our failures? Michael Brown explores the importance of creating a culture of reflecting on failures to address urgent conservation needs.
Best of the Blog 2019
December 31, 2019
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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
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.
Let’s Get Creative: Localized Data Collection for Stronger Project Outcomes
December 23, 2019
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Anti-corruption
Data Quality and Management
Democracy and Governance
Security Sector Reform
Peace, Stability, and Transition
How can the development community become more creative with data collection to navigate complex operating environments and gather accurate, high-quality, consistent data?
Disability Measurement Challenges: Not an Excuse to Delay Inclusive Education
April 11, 2019
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Disability-Inclusive development
Social Inclusion
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Education and Youth
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Advancing Quality Education
Empowering Youth
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.
Good, Cheap, Fast – Pick Two
April 3, 2019
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Data Quality and Management
Corporate Partnerships
Innovation and Technology
Not every context is right for an off-the-shelf software solution. Just because a product exists, it doesn’t mean the collaboration with a vendor will be successful. Chris Gegenheimer shares a few key factors for success from an implementer’s perspective.
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.
