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

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Youth Workforce Development

Youth Skills: The Whole Picture

When it comes to young people, the term “skill building” is deceptively simple. On the surface, it might seem that “skills” directly relate to the abilities needed to perform a task or get a job.
July 5, 2022
The Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain Africa
Higher Education

Lessons Learned: Building and Tapping into Alumni Networks in Low- and Middle-Income Country Higher Education Institutions

The first survey provided valuable insights to the CARISCA project team and KNUST administrators.
July 25, 2022
Graphic says “Higher Education Global Evidence Summit” in blue bold font. Below it, it says “Engaging Higher Education for Change: Employability, Innovation, & the Private Sector” in light black.
Higher Education
July 14, 2022

Reflections from the USAID Higher Education Global Evidence Summit 2022

In spring 2022, USAID brought together research community members, development practitioners, and USAID staff for the inaugural Higher Education Global Evidence Summit.
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Systems Strengthening
May 26, 2020

What Private Sector Engagement Looks Like in Practice

USAID’s Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Policy and the PSE in Education Plan outline how the education sector can strategically involve the private sector as a partner and stakeholder in development to advance a country’s journey to self-reliance.
Photo: Classroom in Rwanda
Education Finance
May 1, 2020

What Does Private Sector Engagement Mean in Education?

The USAID Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Policy is an Agency-wide call to action to work hand-in-hand with the private sector to design and deliver programs across all sectors.
Wings to Fly scholarship recipients in Kenya
Systems Strengthening
August 5, 2019

Getting Started in Private Sector Engagement for Education

USAID’s first Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Policy is a call to action that outlines a new vision of collaboration with a wide spectrum of private sector actors. 
A student chooses a book from a cabinet filled with illustrated children's books in Kinyarwanda language in a second grade classroom at a school in Rwanda.
Systems Strengthening
December 19, 2018

Trends in Education Systems Strengthening

The following retrospective focuses on systems strengthening initiatives that exist across global organizations, within sectors at USAID, and then more specifically in education programs in Africa.
USAID Morocco, The Volvo Group, UNIDO and Government of Morocco for a vocational and technical education program
Systems Strengthening
August 24, 2018

USAID’s Approach to Private Sector Engagement in Education

By investing in education, USAID collaborates with U.S. and global corporations, as well as regional and local businesses and industry associations to improve learning, expand opportunities for youth and strengthen education systems.
A teacher reads to her students in Guatemala
Systems Strengthening
August 20, 2018

Building on Educational Successes in Latin America and the Caribbean

A recent report by the Inter-American Dialogue shows that education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) over the past 2 decades has been, in many ways, a success story. Since the turn of the century, major efforts by donors, governments, and civil society have drawn millions of children to school across all levels, countries, and socioeconomic groups.
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.