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Q&A: Why data-driven, evidence-based programming is critical in global development
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Our pledge – Pact commits to net zero emissions by 2030
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Blog series: Methods to inform responsive, community-led programming
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Partnerships are the past, present and future of Pact
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The private sector must step up against climate change, and foreign aid is helping companies do it
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To ensure Africa fulfills its potential, focus on women and girls
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Harnessing artisanal and small-scale mining to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals
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Meet ‘HIV resilience heroes’ – leading the charge in the global fight against AIDS
This World Health Day, key insights from Covid-19 to build a fairer, healthier world
Everyone has a right to be healthy. This is at the heart of the global push for universal health care. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has shown that there are still deep disparities in health risks and access, rooted in socio-economic and structural inequalities that persist in many communities. While Pact’s commitment to supporting the most...
A walk in my shoes: A social worker in South Africa makes a difference for children vulnerable to HIV
I first heard about the girl from a nurse at a clinic that I support in Bojanala, South Africa. A social worker with USAID’s Government Capacity Building Support program, or GCBS, I followed up with a visit to the girl’s home. I knew the case might be critical, but the situation was even more dire than I’d expected. We found a 13-year-old girl...
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Q&A: The women leading Pact into the future of international development
Despite progress, around the world, organizations from private companies to governments and large nonprofits continue to exclude women from top leadership roles. Among Fortune 500 companies, for example, just 8 percent of CEOs are women.
Are agency-level global indicators enlightening or constricting?
There is an endless tussle between the divergent needs of data users in the international development sector. Program stakeholders need tailored measurement systems that provide concrete evidence for making adaptive management decisions and assessing progress against the program’s criteria for success. These criteria are often highly...
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Opinion: Toward a more assertive and humble pro-democracy agenda
The past four years have been a time of soul searching for those in the business of deploying U.S. taxpayer resources for the promotion of democracy, human rights, and good governance overseas.
Rhetoric or redundant? Making the most of adaptive management
“Adaptive management” has become one of those pieces of jargon dropped into international development program plans and proposals as an all-encompassing, sometimes throw-away term with little practical meaning. Yet we continue to use it. Why? Because while it often conceals more than it illuminates, it also represents something essential: the idea...
Supporting HIV-vulnerable children in South Africa: Why health and social system strengthening is key
South Africa’s HIV rates are among the highest in the world. We know that the country’s children – especially those who are orphaned or otherwise socially vulnerable – are critical to finally controlling the AIDS epidemic here.
Reversing ‘conflict minerals’: Let’s formalize artisanal mining for peaceful, just and inclusive societies
This is a cross-post of a Guest Article published on the IISD SDG Knowledge Hub. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a largely informal industry, known for its close relations with armed conflict, organized crime, human rights abuses, and corruption. But the sector is also a critical engine for rural development in the Global South.
What’s behind all of the data that Pact collects about its programs? Learning and accountability.
Ultimately, all of Pact’s work is aimed at sustainably improving lives in the communities where we work. So much goes into that service: We work to bolster local and national health systems. We build the capacity of local nonprofits with trainings, mentorship, participatory workshops and peer-to-peer exchanges. We convene savings groups to help...
Combating modern slavery in artisanal cobalt mining is vital to achieving the Paris Agreement targets
Coinciding with Anti-Slavery Day on October 18, last week the UK’s Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) released its review of UK aid spending to tackle modern slavery in developing countries. At least 40.3 million people – 0.5% of the world’s population – are estimated by the International Labour Organization to be victims of modern...
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