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How Can We Address Health Workforce Challenges to Meet SDG3?

Jessica Smith | Rachel Deussom
Health Human Resources for Health Primary Health Care September 10, 2024
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Building resilient health workforces requires evidence-informed country-led strategies, partner alignment and coordination, and a multidisciplinary learning agenda.
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News: Launching the Podcast “Countdown to the Sustainable Development Goals”

Agriculture and Food Security September 9, 2024
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In this series, we look at the future of international development programming and offer recommendations to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Three Women, Three Battles, a Common Foe

Health Supply Chains Supply Chain Management HIV and AIDS Health August 29, 2024
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Fighting HIV in Africa's Most Populous Country
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3 Questions with CIO Anne Kottmeier on Technology and Innovation in Development

Anne Kottmeier
August 9, 2022
3 Minute Read
Economic Growth and Trade Improved Technologies and Practices
Chemonics’ new Chief Information Officer (CIO) Anne Kottmeier joins us with a wealth of global experience in information technology management in different industries. In this blog, she explores how technology and innovation are crucial to development, and what we can learn from others to enhance our impact.
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Digitizing the Agricultural Value Chain

Melissa Benn
March 18, 2021
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Agriculture and Food Security Economic Growth and Trade Improved Technologies and Practices
How can development implementers navigate low- and middle-income countries' technology infrastructure challenges to help facilitate the development of successful, innovative, digital technologies? This blog provides key lessons learned from the award-winning Agronavti app from the USAID's Zrda Activity in Georgia.
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How to Stop Zoom Zone-Out: Lessons from VukaNow

Belinda Glenn | Beth Skorochod
March 11, 2021
4 Minute Read
Corporate Partnerships Improved Technologies and Practices
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, with the shift to virtual engagements looking more permanent and increasing levels of “Zoom fatigue” being reported, empowering team members with the necessary tips and techniques to make these interactions a success remains essential.
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Development Works Here with Robert Anyang

Anyang Robert Tabot
June 5, 2019
4 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security Food Security Enabling Environment for Food Systems Improved Technologies and Practices Inclusive Market Systems
Development works here because great people work here. We’re excited to introduce you to our team.
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3 Questions with Cynthia Steen on Transforming Moldova’s Agriculture Sector

Cynthia Steen
May 21, 2019
5 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security Improved Technologies and Practices Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Economic Growth and Trade Enabling Environment for Food Systems Youth Workforce Development Food Security
In Moldova, agricultural producers are diversifying their markets, while brokering new relationships and harnessing innovative technologies. Cynthia Steen discusses challenges and successes in this venture.
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News: Innovating, Connecting, and Transforming Development at the ICT4D Conference


May 3, 2018
2 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security Health Improved Technologies and Practices Environment and Natural Resources Financial Services and Access to Finance Economic Growth and Trade
At the 2018 Information and Communications Technology for Development Conference, experts from more than 70 countries convene to explore the role of technology in global development.
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10 Lessons Learned for Facilitating an Inclusive Agricultural Market System

Harvey Schartup
September 25, 2017
5 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security Food Security Inclusive Market Systems Improved Technologies and Practices Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Finance and Investment Empowering Youth Youth Workforce Development
From incorporating women effectively to choosing the right time to introduce mechanization, Harvey Schartup shares advice from the USAID MARKETS II project in Nigeria.
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Celebrating Nigeria’s Food and Agriculture Markets

Ilisa Gertner
August 4, 2015
3 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security Inclusive Market Systems Improved Technologies and Practices
By putting high-quality, low-cost appropriate technologies and best practices in the hands of hundreds of thousands of rural poor and smallholder farmers while linking them to demand-driven private sector partners, MARKETS II is improving productivity, incomes, resilience, and access to diverse quality food.
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News: USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah Visits Chemonics Project in Haiti


December 18, 2014
2 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security Improved Technologies and Practices
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah and U.S. Ambassador Pamela A. White visited a Haitian food court where Chemonics has helped food vendors transition completely to propane cook stoves, lowering CO2 emissions, pressure on Haiti’s forests, and energy costs.