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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.…
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Creating an Integrated Nutrition Game-Plan: Technical Brief and Recommendations from Lao PDR
By: Deirdre McMahon, Global Nutrition Advisor, SNV Malnutrition isn’t the result of a simple cause-and-effect algorithm. It can’t be boiled down into an if-then statement. It’s the result of a complex web of underlying factors and interrelated causes. And in response to that complexity, reducing malnutrition requires convergent action from many different sectors and stakeholders. …