Language: English
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Paper-to-Mobile Data Collection: A Manual
March 2015 — This manual defines mobile data collection, evaluates its suitability and added value to development projects and gives guidance about how it can best be put to use. The publication is directed at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Missions and implementing partners engaged in monitoring and evaluation and offers the resources necessary for making…
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Lessons Learned From Namibia’s Clinic-to-Community Referral Networks
December 2014 — In December 2014, the LIFT project conducted an assessment of networks in Namibia to distill lessons learned from both the process used by LIFT in establishing the networks and the functionality of the system put in place after four to six months of implementation. Namibia has been among the first tier of countries in…
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Minimum Economic Recovery Standards
November 2010 — The Minimum Economic Recovery Standards outline the minimum level of technical and other assistance to be provided in promoting the recovery of economies and livelihoods affected by crisis.
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Magnify Your Project’s Impact: How to Incorporate Child-Level M&E in Economic Development
2015 — This publication targets economic development practitioners who design economic strengthening projects for child well-being and broader poverty alleviation. Adherence to this guidance will enable practitioners to protect children and expand project impact by incorporating child-level indicators into their monitoring and evaluation systems.
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Informing Contextual Livelihood Programming: Situational Analysis
July 2014 — This technical note provides an overview of the situational analysis — the first step in the LIFT II project’s country- and community-specific program design process. From the national level to the community level, a situational analysis provides a critical understanding of interrelated factors, including contextual vulnerabilities, societal gender and cultural norms related to economic…
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Using Network Analysis in the Creation of Referral Linkages: Organizational Network Analysis
February 2014 — An organizational network analysis is the first step for organizations to understand how their work relates to that of other organizations in the same area. The analysis provides systemic data to guide decision making and consists of data collection activities that describe community organizations and the services they provide and identify linkages between organizations.…
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Integrating Extremely Poor Producers into Markets: Field Guide
September 2014 — The Integrating Extremely Poor Producers into Markets: Field Guide is intended to provide the field-level practitioner with tools and applications to increase market engagement for extremely poor households, especially women, through enterprise development activities.
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Galvanizing Service Providers to Create Effective Referral Networks: Stakeholder Meetings
March 2015 — This technical note provides an overview of stakeholder meetings — a critical step in the LIFT project’s process of supporting communities to establish clinic–community referral networks. Knowing what services exist in a community is not enough for a referral network to be effective. Stakeholder meetings provide a participatory platform for network members to discuss…
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Economic Strengthening for Female Sex Workers: A Review of the Literature
May 2014 — This publication reviews the literature on economic strengthening interventions for risk reduction and HIV prevention among female sex workers. It identifies best practices and opportunities for further research. Included are an overview of intervention approaches, existing research on the needs and financial practices of sex workers and an analysis of interventions designed to meet…