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Chemonics Welcomes New Peace, Stability, and Transition Practice Director

Peace, Stability, and Transition Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Conflict Prevention Countering Violent Extremism Stabilization and Transition Assistance Vulnerable Groups September 21, 2020
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Sahar Tabaja will lead Chemonics’ efforts to achieve development impact in fragile and crisis environments worldwide.
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3 Questions with COVID-19 Coordinator Dr. Monique N’Guessan: Charting a Course for Côte d’Ivoire

Dr. Monique N’Guessan
Health Human Resources for Health September 17, 2020
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Many shortcomings have been highlighted in the management of COVID-19. Leveraging technology and coordinating among multi-sector health professionals will be critical as we overcome the effects of the pandemic.
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3 Questions with Grace Namaganda: Balancing Service Delivery for HIV/AIDS, Malaria during COVID-19

Dr. Grace Namaganda
Health HIV and AIDS Malaria September 1, 2020
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Grace Namaganda, the country director of the USAID Human Resources for Health in 2030 (HRH2030) program in Malawi, explains how her team is working to protect immunocompromised patients and community health workers in the face of COVID-19.
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Three Questions on Financing Self-Reliance with Mario Kerby

Mario Kerby
August 11, 2020
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Economic Growth and Trade Public Financial Management Democracy and Governance Center for Politically Informed Programming
How can development practitioners foster local commitment for financing self-reliance? Chief of Party Mario Kerby shares how his project has engaged a diverse array of stakeholders — from finance ministers to schoolchildren — to ensure commitment to crucial fiscal reforms remains strong.

Lead with Data: A Practical Tool to Design and Implement Market Systems Programming

Elizabeth Fustos | Amy Ostrander
June 17, 2020
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Agriculture and Food Security Economic Growth and Trade Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains Capacity Building
How do you ensure your project team understands and can implement a systems-thinking approach to market systems development? Elizabeth Fustos and Amy Ostrander provide a promising framework and explore how one project used it for success.

Building a Financial Services Market Where There Wasn’t One

Heather Joffe Reyes
April 2, 2020
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Access to Finance Economic Growth and Trade Financial Services Business Enabling Environment
How did one USAID initiative get banks on board to provide $1 billion in services in rural Colombia? How can we do that elsewhere? It takes a systemic, business-driven approach to connect supply with demand at scale.

Three Models that Ensure Private Sector Engagement

Melissa Scudo Gasmi | Eileen Hoffman | Tracy Shanks
February 10, 2020
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Public Private Partnerships and Investment Economic Growth and Trade Business Enabling Environment Agriculture and Food Security
If private sector engagement (PSE) is a journey — with some companies farther along than others — then what is the role of international development implementers to better enable and facilitate that engagement?

2020 Vision: Three Development Trends of the New Decade

Estefania McPhaul | Julian Guelig
January 21, 2020
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Economic Growth and Trade Public Private Partnerships and Investment
The development community needs $2.5 trillion in additional finance each year to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Estefania McPhaul and Julian Guelig explore three global development trends we’ll see in 2020 to meet this need and to navigate the changing development landscape.

Best of the Blog 2019


December 31, 2019
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Public Private Partnerships and Investment Health Supply Chains Education and Youth Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Peace, Stability, and Transition Corporate Partnerships Democracy and Governance Economic Growth and Trade
This was a big year for private sector engagement, with nearly half of our most popular posts exploring its importance to the future of development. Check out those posts and other key insights, profiles, and technical approaches from Chemonics in 2019.

Building Bridges Between Financial Institutions and Rural Communities in Post-Conflict Regions

Asdrubal Negrete | Estefania McPhaul
November 26, 2019
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Access to Finance Economic Growth and Trade Peace, Stability, and Transition Vulnerable Groups
How does the development community incentivize the financial sector to include rural, marginalized clients that it may consider too risky and too costly to reach?

News: Building Resilience Through Market Systems: Chemonics Presents at SEEP 2019


October 21, 2019
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Economic Growth and Trade Agriculture and Food Security Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Financial Services Climate Change Data Visibility
From October 21 to 23, Chemonics experts are participating in the SEEP Network Annual Conference, leading peer learning sessions on financial inclusion and resilience.

3 Questions with Roula Moussa on Private Sector Engagement in Lebanon

Roula Moussa | Christy Sisko
September 26, 2019
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Economic Growth and Trade Public Private Partnerships and Investment Business Enabling Environment Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
After pitching and scaling a digital platform, Roula Moussa, CEO of Netways, shares insights on how the development community can better engage the private sector.