Asia and Middle East Economic Growth Best Practices (AMEG)

Piloting and sharing approaches to job creation, public financial management, trade and customs, access to finance, enterprise and workforce development, and economic inclusion is promoting economic growth in Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.
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Higher Education Leadership and Management (HELM) Project

Because the strength of Indonesia’s education system is vital to its economic and social growth, the Indonesian government has focused on improving the country’s institutions of higher education.
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Sindh Reading Program

Sindh, Pakistan’s second largest province, has made recent economic progress, but its education indicators are still low, with about 4 million children ages 5 to 12 not in school.
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Final Report: Indonesia HELM

The Higher Education Leadership and Management project worked over its five years in close collaboration with State Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education (RISTEK- DIKTI) and partnered with 50 Indonesian higher education institutions (HEIs) to improve higher education capacity across the country.
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Student Centered Learning in Indonesia

With research support from USAID Higher Education Leadership and Management Project , Indonesia’s University Muhammidiyah Malang shifted toward a student-centered learning approach and created an experimental “university farm”.
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News: Chemonics Presents at #CIES2017

Our education experts share our global experience at the 2017 Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Community Academy in Aceh Tamiang

With support from the USAID Higher Education Leadership and Management project, the Community Academy in Aceh Tamiang empowers students with the entrepreneurial and practical skills needed to start their own businesses.
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Improving Student Employability

After a devastating tsunami in Indonesia, USAID helped create Polytechnic Aceh. This private institution connects students with career opportunities through programs like internship placements.
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Addressing the Struggles of First Year Students in Papua through Academic Skills Classes

With support from the USAID Higher Education Leadership and Management project, the University of Papua created a curriculum to help students from indigenous populations adjust to the rigors of university education.
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Using Action Research in Indonesia

The USAID Higher Education Leadership and Management project supported the University of Syiah Kuala to improve its accreditation level through research.
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Formative Assessments in Sindh

This short documentary film illustrates the concept of Formative Assessment, and how the USAID Sindh Reading Program is using this tool to transform the traditional public primary schools in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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Access to Finance for Youth: An Opportunity in Afghanistan

If more youth are able to access savings, loans, and other financial products, it will help them to invest in their own futures while also growing the Afghan economy.
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