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Evaluating the Workforce Innovation Fund

Evaluating the Workforce Innovation Fund

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The Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF), funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, was an initiative to develop and test new services and strategies in the public workforce system. WIF required that the 43 grantees each demonstrate how their proposed…
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Promoting Children’s Savings Accounts

Project
Employment rates and earnings rise sharply for those with a post-secondary education. However, the high cost can put it out of reach for many children; fully 97 percent of college students from low-income households are unable to cover their costs…
Farm to School: A Comprehensive Review from 2010-2020

Farm to School: A Comprehensive Review from 2010-2020

Project
Following the 2010 reauthorization of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) created a Farm to School Program to distribute grant funding, provide training and technical assistance for improving access…
Enabling Evidence-Informed Donor Decision-Making in Nepal

Enabling Evidence-Informed Donor Decision-Making in Nepal

Project
Foreign aid delivery is often siloed within narrow sectors or individual programmes, leading to a dearth of evidence about the aggregate effectiveness of aid. The British Embassy Kathmandu (BEK) supports Nepal in a range of thematic areas, including…
What is One Health? A Frontline Defense Against Zoonotic Diseases

What is One Health? A Frontline Defense Against Zoonotic Diseases

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A One Health approach, which includes human, animal, and environmental health, is critical for fighting diseases passed between animals and humans.
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School Meal Reforms’ Impacts on Nutrition and Costs

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The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (NSLP/SBP) underwent widespread changes beginning in school year 2012-2013. USDA needed to know how these food, nutrition and price reforms affected school food authorities and student participation.
The West Africa Trade and Investment Hub

The West Africa Trade and Investment Hub

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West Africa is one of the world’s poorest regions. Business and trade there face chronic obstacles such as spotty product quality, inaccessible loans, bureaucratic blockages, and donor dependency. The region’s leading midsized firms—those with the…
The Ethiopia Private Health Sector Project

The Ethiopia Private Health Sector Project

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The Ethiopian private health sector is growing in size and scope. Over one-third of Ethiopian health expenditures go to private providers but the quality and availability of private providers’ priority health services is uneven. The government’s plans…
Beyond Zoning Reform: 4 Ways States Can Boost Their Housing Supply

Beyond Zoning Reform: 4 Ways States Can Boost Their Housing Supply

Blog
Here are four ways that state and local leaders can support more affordable housing that go beyond zoning reform. 
USAID Empowers First Woman “Reporter Farmer”

USAID Empowers First Woman “Reporter Farmer”

Impact Brief
Bat’a Ibrahim is shares what she’s learned from the Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project, a USAID-funded project implemented by Abt.