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Read guidance, learning summaries, evidence trends, and country reflections from USAID and its partners.

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Youth Citizen Journalism Training in Zanzibar
Information and Communication Technology

Can Online Civic Education Promote Democratic Values in New Democracies?

Democracies thrive when citizens believe in democracy as the best form of government, when they believe in democratic values such as political trust and tolerance, and when they feel empowered to engage with the political system.

March 6, 2023
Lessons Learned from a Decade of Early Grade Reading Programs
Reading & Literacy

Lessons Learned from a Decade of Early Grade Reading Programs

The Ten Years of Early Grade Reading Programming: A Retrospective report provides an unique opportunity to reflect on the progress made and the challenges that remain in USAID’s efforts to contribute to the goal that ALL children can read.
February 16, 2023
Photo: Kenneth Anwomea, a Basic 2 pupil of Tikobo No.1 Primary A, Jomoro District, Western Region, Ghana, being assisted by his mother, Ms. Elizabeth Ackah Armah
Education in Crisis and Conflict
November 4, 2020

Resilience and Self-reliance: Early Lessons from the Education Response to COVID-19

While data and information on new education channels is still becoming available, different strategies and outcomes used in two USAID-funded programs implemented by FHI 360 are also emerging: embedding resilience and self-reliance as winning strategies.   
Photo: Héctor Canto, the Honorable Vice Minister for Education in Guatemala, Opens the 2019 National Writing Conference
Reading & Literacy
January 8, 2020

Guatemala Hosts National Conversation on Writing Instruction Research

Writing well is not just a skill; it’s an art. This was the core theme of Guatemala’s first-ever National Writing Conference held from August 20-22, 2019.
Girls enjoying buddy reading time
Reading & Literacy
June 11, 2019

How a Partnership with Peace Corps Increased Education Outcomes

In 2010, USAID and the Peace Corps signed the Global Education Framework (GEF) agreement to further encourage collaboration between Peace Corps and USAID in implementing programs that advance host country educational goals.
The Puentes Project
Youth Workforce Development
November 16, 2018

Improving the Lives of Guatemalan Youth

In an effort to improve the quality of life for youth in the Western Highlands of Guatemala—as measured by employment, education, development assets and hopefulness indicators—USAID funded Puentes.
Bridges program participants.
Systems Strengthening
August 1, 2018

Successes and Challenges of Project Co-Creation in Guatemala

Learn how the mission's co-creation project design approach cultivated trusted relationships and established its convening power between and among the Agency and its implementing partners.