Month: February 2018
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Integrated approaches are key to ensuring the poorest in least developed countries aren’t left behind
By Karina Weinstein, Program Director, FXB International A recent analysis presented by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to its member States on February 5, 2018 revealed that the world’s poorest countries (Least Developed Countries, LDCs) are not on track to achieve goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN…
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ICCE TIG WEEK: Using M&E data to evaluate the impacts of an integrated and holistic international development model
By: Ashweeta Patnaik, Ray Marshall Center ICCE TIG WEEK: Using M&E data to evaluate the impacts of an integrated and holistic international development model by Ashweeta Patnaik Hello, I’m Ashweeta Patnaik and I work at the Ray Marshall Center (RMC) at The University of Texas in Austin. RMC has partnered with Nuru International (Nuru) to…
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Are we learning enough about integrated programs through impact evaluations?
By: Tessa Ahner- McHaffie, FHI360 Are we learning enough about integrated programs through impact evaluations? Integrated development raises a lot of questions. Tessa Ahner-McHaffie and colleagues from FHI 360 tried to answer some of these in a Systematic Review published on Gates Open Research and currently being peer reviewed. In this guest blog, she describes…
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Creating New Tools for the Job
By: Lydia Cardona, Conservation International Headlines about scarce natural resources driving or causing conflicts are not hard to find. Threats of war over the control and use of natural resources – such as oil, timber and water- become more imminent as rapid, unsustainable development and climate change increase the pressure on renewable and non-renewable resources.…