Meet Sara
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Connecting Markets: Lead Firms Take Local Mobilization to Next Level
This is the fourth in a series on how the Aga Khan Development Network is building capacity from local governance to regional economic growth. In Tajikistan, with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), AKDN launched a Global Development Alliance (GDA) entitled Economic and Social Connections: A Multi-Input Area Development Financing Facility for Tajikistan (ESCoMIAD). […]
Building Local Capacity for Self Governance
This post is the first in a series that will be focusing on local capacity and regional change in Tajikistan. In 2014, the Aga Khan Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a Global Development Alliance entitled Economic and Social Connections: A Multi-Input Area Development Financing Facility for Tajikistan (ESCoMIAD). The Alliance promotes […]
Economic and Social Connections: Multi-Input Area Development for Tajikistan
The Aga Khan Foundation USA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a new type of partnership that mobilizes public and private sector capital to catalyze enterprise-driven development programs, which harness the combined strengths of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Afghanistan in 2013, and now in Tajikistan. This brief […]
Integrated development must be intentional, backed by evidence and sustainably funded, Locus experts say
It is up to development organizations to steer the sector and its funders toward an integrated approach, and the effort must be backed by evidence, panelists agreed during a first-of-its-kind international development discussion organized by a new coalition known as Locus: The Point of International Development. The June 23 event, held in Washington, D.C., included speakers […]
Three New Programs and a Milestone in a Deepening Partnership
Three new programs mark a milestone in the deepening partnership between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). AKDN has been working alongside USAID to create new partnerships, harmonize approaches, and leverage financial resources for shared outcomes. In March 2013, USAID and AKDN signed the first partnership in […]
Urban Parks are the Green Jewels in the City Landscape
Parks are complex elements of a city. They can serve scores of different uses, some may be specialized in their function, or they may simply provide visual appeal for residents. Whatever functions they serve, they act to define the shape and feel of a city and its neighborhoods. Urban open space has come to mean […]
Self-Reliance in Action – in Mali
One of the best parts about my job is visiting the projects that I support in the field. Most recently, I traveled to the Mopti region of Mali for a two-day visit to see the Mali Food for Progress Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The integrated development project is implemented by […]
Spotlight on AKF USA Fellows: Big Challenges and Amazing Work
For awhile I was the only one at Table #9. I enjoy arriving early to conferences to get a good feel of the room, but my colleagues are quick to claim my timeliness owes more to the breakfast buffet. Both are true. I was attending the Population-Level Behavior Change Evidence Summit, which had been organized in […]
Market Development Ideas, from Aswan to Bamako
By Schafer Bomstein, Program Associate with the Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. My recent trips to Mali and Egypt were planned with unrelated objectives, but ultimately they shared some unexpected links. I traveled to Bamako, Mali to support an evaluation of the Food for Progress Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program links […]