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Lessons Learned as Local Partners Take the Lead in Mexico

Q&A with Public Finance Expert Nádia Hassamo: An Inside Look at Mozambique’s Path to Development

Want Better Domestic Revenue Mobilization? Build a Digital Taxpayer Registration Tool

Participatory Public Financial Management Reinforces Democratic Norms and Values

How an Approach to Crisis in Jordan Transformed into Sustained Institutional Change

Tackling Systemic Corruption Through Public Financial Management

Liberian Conflict: Civil Society May Lead the Way to Change

Returned Migrant Survey Informs Program Design in Honduras

Q&A with SPEED’s Fabio Scala: Helping the Government of Mozambique Drive Reforms to Bolster the Economy

Government-Run Digital Tools to Combat Corruption: Can They Work?

Centering Citizens: USAID Governance Project Builds Up Systems to Support Citizen Voices in Iraq

One Year On: How One USAID Governance Project in Ukraine Pivoted in War Time

Synthesizing the Sensitive: Lessons from a Political Economy Analysis in a Closed Environment

Breaking Barriers to Learning: Building a Stronger Education System in Nigeria

Governments Are Crucial to Locally Led Development

Seed Trade in Southern Africa: Operationalizing 15 Years of Policy in Six Years

Supporting Environmental Health Through Governance Reform

Strengthening South Africa’s Public Sector Capacity to Drive Sustainable Development

Local Governance: Chipping Away at Corruption

Climate Change Governance: Six Lessons Learned

Modernized Honduran Judicial System Promises Lower Costs, Increased Efficiency, Safer Communities, and Greater Transparency

Malawi’s Land Governance is Headed in the Right Direction

Reaching the Needs of All Citizens in a More Democratic Pakistan

Supporting Women’s Inclusion Through Community Development in Pakistan

Fiscal Decentralization Builds Citizen Trust, Positions Ukraine for European Future

Stay the Course: A Decade of Focus on Economic Reforms Pays off in Ukraine

In Ethiopia, Keeping Land Rights on the Agenda Through the Pandemic

It’s Getting Easier to Do Business in Nigeria: How the Award-Winning Policy Development Facility Supported Reform

COVID-19: Public Financial Management Solutions for the Immediate and Longer Term

Here’s How We Push Ahead with Inclusive Education

USAID Local Governance Activity Supports Health Systems to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 in Honduras

What We Have Learned through Land Reform Implementation in Malawi

How Statistics Can Transform Governance: A Q&A with Economist and Statistician Jean-Paul Zoyem

In Guatemala, New Research on Gender Equality Shapes Government and USAID Investments in Taxation

Restoring Trust: Toward a People-Centric Security Sector in The Gambia

Extending Education Access to Vulnerable Young Salvadorans

Q&A: Ehat Miftaraj, Anti-Corruption Expert, on the Prospect for Rule-of-Law Reform in Kosovo

Social Protection in Somalia Can Bridge Short- and Long-Term Solutions

Hot Enough for You? Four Steps to Help the World Keep Its Cool

In Guatemala, Assisting Municipalities to Improve Governance, Services, and Self-Reliance

Hold the Charcoal: Diverting Sub-Saharan Africa’s Demand for a Destructive Energy Source

Now More Competitive, Jordan’s Pharmaceuticals See Healthy Jump in Exports

In Uganda, Local Hearings Show Accountability in Action

Will Feminized Parliaments Mean More Gender-Friendly Policies?

Building Inclusivity into Inclusive Education

Four Steps to Advocate for Government Investment in Public Health

Can Online Dispute Resolution Change the Way Global MSMEs Do Business?

Land Titles in Ethiopia Open Doors to Finance and Investment

Baseline Study Prompts School Officials to Counter Violence in Honduras

How Can Developing Countries Identify and Allocate Resources to Pay for Health Services?

Keep Up the Fight for High-Quality Education for All in Pakistan

Health System in Haiti Takes Key Step by Launching National Tuberculosis Tracker

Zambia Pilot Demonstrates How to Save Lives, Scale Relief for Children Suffering from Malaria

Liberia Launches Mobile Tax Payments, Opening Doors to Increased Revenue for Domestic Development

New Generation of EC Framework Contracts Offers Agile Programming for European Development Aid

LTA Program Shows Benefit of Truly Participatory Approach

Mozambique: Even a Progressive Land Law Needs Revision After a Generation of Experience

In Nigeria, Governance Champions Can Transform Resource Wealth into Development Results

EC Helps Position the Southern Africa Development Community for 21st Century Success

Philippines’ New Tax Bill Promises More Revenue for Social Programs, Infrastructure

With Elections Looming, Can Pakistan Fulfill Its Education Promise to Unschooled Children?

Liberia Moves to Reduce Donor Dependence by Improving its Ability to Invest in Itself

Women’s Land Rights and the Problem of Polygamy: A Proposal in Ethiopia

Gathering the Evidence to Mobilize Domestic Resources for Health Care

New Orangutan Species Discovered in Forest Supported by USAID Conservation Program

Q&A with DAI’s Susan Scribner: Preparedness, Response, and Global Health Security

Helping Eastern Partnership Countries Meet Their Commitments to Address Climate Change

New Possibilities: The Role of Governance in Countering Violent Extremism in Iraq

Philippines Increases Tax Collections by $1.1 Billion Year Over Year—Without Raising Rates

Using Mobile Technology for First Registration of Land: Lessons Learned in Tanzania

From Land Tenure Regularisation to a Sustainable Land Register

Dialogue and Development in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Region

How Tax and Budget Assistance Helps Developing Countries Help Themselves

Public-Private Partnerships for Land Administration: Can It Work in Cabo Verde?

Big Gains in Access to Safe Drinking Water: How Four African Countries Did It … and How Others Can, Too

Ethiopia Land Registration Ready for Lift Off: Now What?

A Call to Arms: Shaping a More Innovative Approach to Adaptive Programming in Democracy Assistance

The Law of the Land: Recent Cases Show Legal Support for Local People

Legitimate Land Tenure and Property Rights: Fostering Compliance and Development Outcomes

Enhancing Women and Girls’ Land Rights in Rural Sierra Leone

Investing, Leasing Land, and Compensating Landowners: The Addax Bioenergy Experience in Sierra Leone

Delivering Large-Scale Land Certification Programmes: Lessons from Rwanda

Six Ways to Mitigate Instability in Central America

Learning From Local Content Policies: Insights From a Study of Six Resource-Rich Countries

Applying Market Systems Approaches to Financial Inclusion Projects

National Governments Hold the Key to Sustainable Local Climate Change Adaptation in the Mekong Basin

Unveiling a New Methodology for Measuring Market Systems and Their Impact on Local Development

New Opportunities Emerge to Support Meaningful Democratic Reform in Sri Lanka

Domestic Resource Mobilization Takes Root in El Salvador ... and Beyond?

Big Data and Domestic Resource Mobilization: How Donors Can Help Developing Countries Increase Revenue

Plugging In to Jordan’s Rising Demand for Electric Cars

Zika and the Americas—A Call to Action for Surveillance and Preparedness

USAID-Backed Fellow Inspires Malaysian Renewable Energy Policy

A Good Use of U.S. Taxpayer Money: Helping Countries Mobilize Domestic Resources

When Tax Reform Leads to Increased Funding for Health Services

Energizing the Support Network for People with Disabilities in Vietnam

Spurring the Malawi Judiciary to Re-Hear Death Sentence Cases, Free Prisoners Unjustly Held

For Thailand’s Civil Society, Capacity Building Now Begins at Home

In Vietnam, Creating Opportunities for Children with Disabilities

Nurturing a Culture of Law and Justice in the DRC

Training Videographers for Development in Cambodia

Philippines Experiences Nearly Seven-Fold Increase in Electronic Tax Filing

Measuring the Effectiveness of Government in Thailand’s Provinces

In Sierra Leone: Enhancing Traditional Law and Justice Services

Building Trust while Rebuilding Somalia

Sustaining the Facebook Revolution

Better Data Transfer Reinforces Kenya’s Hunger Safety Net, Enables Emergency Payments

An Innovation in Governance

Customary Land Tenure

How Peace Was Won in El Wak
: Strengthening community resilience through peacebuilding initiatives

Connecting Communities

Building Disaster Response Capacity and Resilience in Fragile States

Supporting the Transition to Peace in Sri Lanka

Supporting Active Citizenship Across Pakistan

Afterword With Rick Barton

Innovative Fund Enables Philippine Water Utilities to Invest, Deliver Safe Water to New Customers

Calculating the Fiscal Cost to Jordan of the Syrian Refugee Crisis

DFID Project Assists Local Groups in Sending Thousands of Pakistani Boys and Girls to School

Fiscal Project Helps Jordan Issue $1.25 Billion Bond, Saving Millions for Development

After Typhoon Haiyan: How Do We Build Back Better?

Bottom-Up Decentralization: New Local Autonomy Kickstarts Community Governing in the DRC

Linking Soldiers, Civilians Across West-Central Africa to Increase Stability, Security

Youth Music and Popular Voice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In Arid Jordan, IDARA Motivated Citizens, Government to Conserve Precious Water

Competitiveness Initiative Simplifies Business in Vietnam

Project Helps Vietnam Cut Red Tape, Hone Competitiveness, and Boost Economic Growth

Doing More with Doing Business: Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index

Rethinking Participatory Development: From Critique to Better Practice

Amplifying the Voice of Business to Drive Policy Reform in a Difficult Environment

Project Brings Together Divergent Ethnic Groups in Sri Lanka