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Building a Financial Services Market Where There Wasn’t One
Access to Finance Economic Growth and Trade Financial Services Innovation and Technology Business Enabling Environment Social Inclusion April 2, 2020
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How did one USAID initiative get banks on board to provide $1 billion in services in rural Colombia? How can we do that elsewhere? It takes a systemic, business-driven approach to connect supply with demand at scale.
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News: Chemonics Welcomes New President and CEO Jamey Butcher
April 1, 2020
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On April 1, 2020, Jamey Butcher begins his role as the fifth president and CEO of Chemonics International. He succeeds Susanna Mudge, who served as president and CEO for seven years.
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3 Questions with Juan Felipe Sanchez Franco
Supply Chain Solutions Education Systems Strengthening and Policy Reform Education and Youth March 24, 2020
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A multi-sectoral approach is key to strong supply chains. Juan Felipe shares how this is critical in strengthening the teaching and learning materials supply chain.
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Building a Financial Services Market Where There Wasn’t One
April 2, 2020
5 Minute Read
Access to Finance
Economic Growth and Trade
Financial Services
Innovation and Technology
Business Enabling Environment
Social Inclusion
How did one USAID initiative get banks on board to provide $1 billion in services in rural Colombia? How can we do that elsewhere? It takes a systemic, business-driven approach to connect supply with demand at scale.
The Case for Practical Techniques for Inclusive Classrooms
March 10, 2020
4 Minute Read
Education and Youth
Disability-Inclusive development
Advancing Quality Education
Social Inclusion
Vulnerable Groups
Capacity Building
Audrey Spencer explains why disability identification and policy reform alone can leave teachers and students waiting and calls for more immediate, practical techniques to create inclusive classrooms.
Recommendations for a Diverse, Sustained Health Workforce
February 27, 2020
4 Minute Read
Health
Human Resources for Health
Health Systems
Health Workforce Development
Education and Youth
Empowering Youth
HIV and AIDS
How do we establish higher-performing health systems to achieve universal health coverage? These three key recommendations focus on building a diverse workforce to deliver accountable, affordable, accessible, and reliable health care for all.
Three Models that Ensure Private Sector Engagement
February 10, 2020
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Public Private Partnerships and Investment
Economic Growth and Trade
Business Enabling Environment
Agriculture and Food Security
Innovation and Technology
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?
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
2 Minute Read
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.