Category: Locus
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When the Evaluation Plan Doesn’t Reflect the Context
By: Aga Khan Foundation When a partnership offers an opportunity to improve an important value chain Aga Khan Foundation in Mozambique started the MozaCaju project with USDA funding in late 2013/early 2014, as a subcontractor to TechnoServe. The 3-year project aimed to improve the value chain for cashew production and marketing in Mozambique, providing training…
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Show me the evidence: Cultivating knowledge on governance and food security
By: Tessa Ahner-McHaffie, FHI 360 Show me the evidence: Cultivating knowledge on governance and food security I recently participated in a salon on integrating governance and food security work to enhance development outcomes. Convened by the LOCUS coalition and FHI 360, the salon gathered experts in evaluation, governance and food security to review challenges and best practices for generating evidence…
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Program Review: A Chance to Learn & Adapt
When establishing a new project, it is customary to set the overarching goal and objectives for the project and then work backwards developing timelines, milestones, and indicators to track progress towards this goal. At Nuru International, an NGO with an integrated programming model working with farmers and their families in Kenya and Ethiopia, we have…
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Whose “Empowerment”?
By Meghna Ravishankar In this Guest Post, blogger Meghna Ravishankar explores ideas on Western feminism, empowerment, and the development enterprise in a publication featured in The Riveter Magazine. Ravishankar interviews Locus members Donella Rapier, CEO of BRAC USA, and Ellie Price, Locus Coalition Coordinator, among other voices. Challenges to measuring empowerment, supporting women’s resource ownership, and…