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A NEW RESEARCH AGENDA AND EXAMPLES FROM THE FIELD
By Sreya Panuganti With the Sustainable Development Goals nearing their one-year anniversary, the global community continues to strive toward eradicating poverty by 2030. In order to achieve this ambitious target, many international development practitioners are embracing a more holistic approach to development, combining traditionally single-sector programming, like health or environment work, into more comprehensive efforts. […]
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Putting People First at #UNGA
September 22, 2016 – New York City, NY: “Putting People First: Community-led Development” featured leaders from the UN and Civil Civil Society describing the growing momentum for community-led development as the best pathway to achieving the integrated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event was hosted by The Movement for Community-led Development during the week of the […]
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EXPERTS DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR INTEGRATION
Although it comes with challenges, integration is essential to international development and holds vast potential for achieving more sustainable results, a panel of experts agreed during a wide-ranging discussion on integrated programming.
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NCBA CLUSA & USAID Diversify Funding and Program Approach
NCBA CLUSA‘s Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel-Enhance Resilience (REGIS-ER) project, is part of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced (RISE) multi-sectoral initiative started in November 2014 and will continue until November 2018. REGIS-ER promotes sustainable livelihoods, strengthened governance, and improved health and nutrition. This project breaks out of […]
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SDSN Report for Sustainable Settlements
This Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) report was written for municipalities to make progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs provide a roadmap to sustainable and balanced development. Sustainable human settlements, both cities and rural areas alike, are critical for our planet’s health. SDG 11 is the ‘cities’ goal, which recognizes and prioritizes the importance […]
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The White House Summit on Global Development: Celebration, Legacy, and Looking Forward
The Obama administration took July 20th to celebrate almost eight years of global development policies, strategies, and initiatives. The summit hosted six panels around youth, partnerships, governance, food security, energy, and global health. Each panel discussed successes and lessons learned, many of which hold the essence of the principles of community-led development. Practices like subnational […]
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USAID “Acting On The Call”
USAID has recently released their June 2016 “Acting On The Call: Ending Preventable Child And Maternal Deaths Report”. This report’s main focus is to address equity in USAID’s 24 priority countries. With detailed charts and briefs of the improvements made this year, there is also a series of suggestions in which programs can provide new […]
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The month of all things CLD
The month of June has been the golden age for all things CLD. With new commitments made between international banks as well as organizations redesigning their commitments with each other Beginning with the Women’s Foreign Policy meeting there was a debrief on the multitude of changes that need to be addressed in the development world. […]
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Roots of Development – Methodology
Roots of Development helps the people of Gran Sous, Haiti, form a CBO with the capacity to manage and protect the population’s interests.
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Gender 360 Summit Review
June 15 marked the start of the annual FHI Gender 360 Summit. This two-day conference provided the development and humanitarian communities a glance of the advancements and stagnation’s in the major aid receiving countries. There were breakout groups, called Gender Lounges, for the topic “Creating and Enabling Environment to Advance Adolescent Empowerment and Leadership for […]