Unlocking Opportunities for Women Fund Managers

In this technical brief, Sagana and Chemonics map the ecosystem of support to emerging female fund managers, and analyze the challenges, opportunities, and levers to make capital allocation more gender diverse.

Solar Installation Resources

The following resources provide guidance specific to specialized use cases, quality standards, and certifications for solar PV panels, balance of plant components, the appliances powered by the solar installation, and the major players in the off-grid energy access sector. This list does not include links to country-level organizations representing local energy access businesses. Chemonics SET…

Global Digital Development Forum 2024

Chemonics, in partnership with TechChange, USAID, IMB, DAI, Save the Children, Deloitte, and Cadmus Group, was honored to welcome more than 3,000 participants from around the world for the fifth annual 2024 Global Digital Development Forum. This year’s hybrid event was organized around the themes of 21st Century Development, Overcoming Digital Downsides, and Pushing the…

Navigating Regional Contexts to Design Sustainable Health Supply Chain Solutions

On Tuesday, May 28, 2024, Chemonics hosted a webinar titled “Navigating Regional Contexts to Design Sustainable Health Supply Chain Solutions.” From examining the resilience of supply chains amidst pandemics and geopolitical shifts to assessing the efficacy of interventions within varying regulatory landscapes, the event explores strategies for fostering sustainable health supply chains tailored to the…

Global Health Supply Chain Research Challenge: Fostering Resilient Supply Chains through Research Grants

Chemonics, in partnership with the Global Health Research Challenge (GHSC) Group, launched the first-ever Global Health Supply Chain Research Challenge in 2021. Through the challenge, we provide seed grants to local research teams studying challenges and innovative solutions in global health supply chains and pharmaceutical management in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with the aim…

The Environment and Natural Resources Practice’s 2023 Year in Review

In 2023, Chemonics’ global portfolio of climate and environment programs advanced solutions for sustainable natural resources management; climate and conservation finance; natural climate solutions; the combatting of environmental crimes; inclusive, community-based environmental management; blue economy initiatives; and innovation and technology for people and planet. This compendium highlights the approaches we have applied through our environment…

Forging Justice in Fragile Contexts

At a time when instability is on the rise worldwide, strong rule of law is essential to protecting and promoting economic security, sustainable livelihoods, and safe and equal opportunities for under-represented groups. Adapting rule of law strategies to fragile contexts is vital to promoting stability and preventing conflict. Stronger justice systems advance and protect local…

Climate Finance for Development Accelerator

The USAID Climate Finance for Development Accelerator (CFDA), also known as “the Accelerator,” is a $250 million initiative designed to mobilize $2.5 billion in public and private climate investments by 2030. These investments will fund a range of climate change mitigation and adaptation activities focused on scaling up the transition to an equitable and resilient…

Unleashing the Power of Female Fund Managers

Women and diverse fund management teams have better financial returns compared to their peers. Despite the strong evidence, women are severely underrepresented in the investment sector, and the field consistently neglects to allocate sufficient resources to support women, local health systems, climate action, and other pressing issues. Chemonics seeks to deepen the impact of development…

SID-US 2024 Annual Conference

On Friday, April 26, Chemonics joined thousands of development professionals from around the globe for the 2024 SID-US Annual Conference, which was centered on the theme, “World in Crisis: Sparks of Hope.” This theme recognized that in the face of tremendous challenges, including climate change, food insecurity, and growing geopolitical instability, there are windows of…

Implementing A Quality Management Approach for Improved Health Services in Bangladesh

From 2017 to 2023, Chemonics supported 134 private clinics in Bangladesh to become the Surjer Hashi Network (SHN) through the USAID-funded Advancing Universal Health Coverage Activity (AUHC). Chemonics used a comprehensive approach based on a quality management framework that includes three essential functions: quality design/planning (QDP), quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC), and quality. The development of…

Chemonics at CIES 2024

Chemonics is proud to be a sponsor of the 68th annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), which is taking place online beginning March 6th and in Miami, Florida beginning March 10th, 2024.  The theme for this year’s event is “The Power of Protest”, and we’re sharing our work on teacher professional…