USAID, March, 2020 The identification of Indigenous Peoples can be challenging. Not all countries in which USAID works recognize the rights, or even the existence of, Indigenous Peoples. This Policy provides USAID’s Missions with a consistent approach to identifying and working with Indigenous...
Despite being a basic bodily function, menstruation has lived in the shadows across cultures, geographies, and history. In recent years, global health, international development, and women’s rights communities have increasingly recognized the role that menstruation plays in achieving their...
Mental health encompasses emotional, cognitive, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how humans think, feel, learn, work, make decisions, and build relationships. The importance of mental health to individual well-being, as well as to social and economic progress, is becoming more...
This guidance (1) explains the concept of inclusive development and its importance to achieving USAID’s development goals, (2) serves as a framework for applying USAID policies and guidance that promote inclusion of and equity for marginalized and/or underrepresented groups, and (3) provides...
An Inclusive Development Analysis (IDA) is an analytic tool that assists in the inclusion of marginalized and underrepresented groups in policies and programming. An IDA aims to: Identify marginalized groups in a country; Review the social, economic, political, and cultural factors that lead to...
The Program Cycle is USAID’s operational model for planning, delivering, assessing, and adapting development programming in a given region or country to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security. It encompasses guidance and procedures for: Making evidence-based strategic decisions at the...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) affirms that gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment are fundamental for the realization of human rights and key to effective and sustainable development outcomes. For societies to thrive, women and girls, men and boys, and...
USAID, USAID’s programs, projects and activities assist communities in building greater resilience and, ultimately, becoming self-reliant. Agency decision-makers must balance the potential benefits of activities that aim to build resilience with the possibility that such efforts could have...
VISION AND PURPOSE: DEVELOPMENT IN A DIGITAL AGE USAID envisions a world where open, inclusive, secure, and rights-respecting digital ecosystems enable people everywhere to thrive. In today’s digitally connected world, there is a growing recognition that open, inclusive, secure, and...
The reverse in progress and the persistently high levels of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in recent years have put the world off track to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Targets2.1 and 2.2 – to end hunger, foodinsecurity and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Previous editions...
This document was created using LinkedIn posts by different consultants. The links to the posts have been added as footnotes on each page. The guidelines provide essential insights on handling Stop Work Orders (SWOs) issued under USAID contracts and cooperative agreements, including best...
Our (USAID) outreach and external engagements give our congressional stakeholders, oversight partners, aid organizations, and the public timely and relevant information related to our oversight of U.S. foreign assistance programs. We seek to inform stakeholders about our work, coordinate...
For over a decade the international development community has been exploring how the use of digital technologies, including tools like the mobile phone, can extend the reach of development. At the same time, development organizations have grappled with how to use these technologies to make their...
EnWASH seeks to fill knowledge gaps and improve rural water services. The study covers Northern, Savannah, North-East, Upper-West, and Volta regions, focusing on expanding sustainable piped water systems. EnWASH Study Objectives: Explore the drivers of financial and service delivery performance...
Why is this Guide Necessary? Energy is the driving force behind everything. The word that originally comes from the Greek language (ἐνέργεıα) has found its place in most living languages. It is used in different scientific disciplines, physics, biology, chemistry, technology, economy or in a...
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Digital Strategy1 was launched in April 2020 to achieve and sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems that contribute to broad-based, measurable development and humanitarian assistance outcomes through the responsible use of...
By the end of the module you will be able to: Identify the 3 types of evaluation questions. Identify what makes a good evaluation question. Know difference between typical performance evaluation and impact evaluation questions. Break questions down into sub-questions. Use the design matrix as an...
Despite Vietnam’s dramatic economic transformation into a lower middle-income country, numerous development challenges threaten Vietnam’s continued pace of economic growth and hamper its deeper integration into the global economy. The United States supports a strong, prosperous, and independent...
DQA Fundamentals A DQA is a process to help USAID staff and implementing partners understand the strengths and weaknesses of their data and the extent t o which the data can be trusted to influence management d ecisions. A DQA refers to USAID’s standard practice for assessing data quality,...
USAID, 2021 Private-sector engagement is fundamental to our goal to end the need for foreign assistance. This policy is a call to action for staff from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and our partners to embrace market-based approaches as a more-sustainable way to support...
USAID, February, 2021 This primer presents an overview of disinformation culture to give readers a sense of key concepts, terminology, select case studies, and programmatic design options. Disinformation is by no means new. Although social media platforms have emerged as the most efficient...
USAID, 2023 Education programs and activities that seek to integrate climate change considerations and action should aim to achieve climate-resilient education systems and build climate-resilient learners, while adhering to the USAID Education Policy and identifying meaningful opportunities to...
20/03/2024 USAID, Revised 2024 The Program Cycle is USAID’s operational model for planning, delivering, assessing, and adapting development programming in a given region or country to advance U.S. foreign policy. It encompasses guidance and procedures for: 1) Making strategic decisions at the regional or...
20/03/2024 USAID Simply put, our goal at USAID OIG is to improve U.S. foreign assistance programmed by the agencies we oversee by providing assurances to Congress and the American people that critically important aid dollars are going where intended and having the desired impact. Our oversight work during...
20/01/2023 USAID, March, 2023 Since USAID’s founding more than 60 years ago, we have helped tackle many of the challenges of our time. With development partners around the world, we helped lift communities out of poverty, push back against oppression, and secure peace after conflict. We helped spark the...
20/05/2022 USAID, 2022 As AI technologies are embedded and intertwined in digital ecosystems, a responsible approach to AI should include strengthening key aspects of the enabling ecosystem. This includes data systems, connectivity, and local workforce capacity. In addition, there must be a focus on...