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Youth Workforce Development

What We’re Learning in Positive Youth Development

This blog discusses what we’re learning in positive youth development. USAID’s Positive Youth Development Learning Agenda should be used as a guiding source for this evaluation.
April 4, 2022
IREX March Walking the Talk
Youth Workforce Development

Walking the Talk: Findings and Practices to Embrace in Fostering Youth Ownership of Research & Knowledge Production

The desk review found that youth are becoming increasingly relevant actors in research and knowledge production across sectors.
April 12, 2022
USAID Youth Summit 2019
Youth Workforce Development
October 23, 2020

Studies Explore Taking Risks to Innovate and Increase Impact Through Cash Benchmarking

USAID and its partners recently experimented with cash benchmarking to better understand the cost-effectiveness of its investments. There are currently five cash benchmarking studies underway, each with a different research design.
Photo: Primary 1 students practice reading with their Kinyarwanda textbooks during a Kinyarwanda Reading Camp 2019, Burera District.
Disability Inclusive Education
April 14, 2020

The Case for Practical Techniques for Inclusive Classrooms: Experiences from Rwanda and Tajikistan

Classroom teachers, principals, and specialists are embracing an understanding that they do not need to wait for diagnosis or identification of a child’s disability to teach responsively. And, they are putting that understanding to work.
Photo: A group of youth members using digital content as a part of the digital intervention
Information and Communication Technology
January 17, 2020

Three Ps of ICT4E: Principles, Partnerships, and Programs

USAID’s engagement in ICT4E dates back to the use of radio in the 1970s. The Agency’s commitment to ICT4E has only grown stronger with time and investments in the Internet, wireless networks, television, and mobile technologies.
Photo: Literacy, Language and Learning Plus is a component of the early-grade reading program that has trained school principals and teachers to identify and accommodate students with disabilities
Disability Inclusive Education
December 6, 2019

Recommendations From Rwanda’s Inclusive Education Workshop

Soma Umenye, a USAID reading project, teamed with the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) and the Rwanda Education Board (REB) to lead a three-day workshop for more than 60 stakeholders and partners.
A student at the USAID Soma Umenye project.
Reading & Literacy
July 9, 2019

Rwanda Pilots an Improved Benchmarking Method

USAID and its partners have used different methods to set performance benchmarks for primary school students over the years, with the vast majority of benchmarking exercises relying on student reading assessment data to identify proficiency levels.
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.