The Solution to Our Migrant Crisis Isn’t at the Border
When a complex, high-profile issue creates bold headlines and causes marching in the streets, I believe the problem cannot be …
36 New Businesses Launched in Kenya’s Arid Lands
Living in northern Kenya’s Isiolo and Marsabit counties means facing frequent droughts and climate shocks and, for businesses, often facing …
Market System Interventions and Resilience Assessment in Uganda
Resiliency through Wealth, Agriculture, and Nutrition (RWANU) is a five-year Development Food Assistance Program funded by USAID’s Office of Food …
Unraveling the Mysteries of Social and Behavior Change
A great television commercial has been airing recently in the United States. Couples each get a long ribbon to roll …
Date Reference Automation Part 1: Multiple Reporting Periods
Let’s say you are starting a new five-year project on July 1, but your client is going to expect performance …
Women Drive Change in Burkina Faso
In the Center-North Region of Burkina Faso, senior male household members make most of the family decisions about income, land, …
Introducing the Monitoring and Evaluation Bullet Chart
This edition of Data Digest is for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) people out there, or monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), …
Giving Women Goats: Why Gender Matters
When I was nine years old, my uncle gave me a calf. At least, I thought he did. It happened …
Sowing the Seeds of Resilience through Market Systems Development
Growing up on a small homestead farm left me with the desire to grow some of my own food because …
Mother Leaders Strengthen Village Health in Burkina Faso
Messages of health are spreading in Koulogho village, found in the Center-North region of Burkina Faso. Abibou Ouedraogo, 26, is …
Access to Credit Empowers Women in Burkina Faso
Traditional agricultural practices in the Center-North Region of Burkina Faso have often led to low yields of millet, cowpea, sorghum, …
Data 101 Part 3: Taking Your Data to the Next Level
If you missed the first and second posts in the Data Digest series, I recommend you start there. In these …
