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Evaluating the Konbit Cooperative Agreement

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Kaizen assessed the progress of the Konbit Cooperative Agreement to identify what was needed to achieve intended outcomes in the project’s remaining three years. Kaizen conducted a mid-term evaluation to support ongoing collaboration and learning for the Konbit project team based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Konbit project was a five-year (2015–2020), USAID-funded cooperative agreement designed […]

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Palestine Energy Project

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Focused leading a human and institutional capacity building to drive renewable energy adoption in Palestine. As part of the USAID-funded Palestinian Energy Project (PEP), Kaizen, worked with prime implementer AECOM to promote greater energy independence in the West Bank. With PEP, USAID encouraged more renewable energy production and consumption in Palestine to improve the reliability

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Facilitating Export of Smart Urban Solutions to India by Reverse Trade Missions

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Kaizen empowered Indian cities by bringing Indian delegates to the US to learn about Smart Cities and promote business. Kaizen, on behalf of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), led two reverse-trade missions (RTMs) for the States of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in India. The RTMs brought Indian delegates to the United States to

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Improving Sub-National Fiscal Management in Jordan Through Innovative Solutions

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Kaizen improved fiscal stability and public financial management in Jordan through a comprehensive approach that strengthened institutions, engaged stakeholders, and advanced policy dialogue. To strengthen response to fiscal shocks and dependent lessen dependence on international donor support, USAID recognized the need to improve fiscal stability and public financial management (PFM) in Jordan. The Jordan Fiscal

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Expanding People-to-People Engagement through Capacity Building in Pakistan

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Kaizen expanded people-to-people engagement by revitalizing participant training, strengthening capacity building, and improving TraiNet access for partners. Pakistan faces a range of development challenges, including limited access to education, economic growth, and healthcare, among others. The USAID Training for Pakistan III (TFP-III) Project responded to these challenges by providing participant training and capacity-building services to

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Providing Capacity Building to Support the USAID Rule of Law Program in Jordan

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Kaizen upgraded the capacity of a local nonprofit organization in sustainability, communication, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting. The USAID Rule of Law Program (ROLP) was developed to address weak government accountability and insufficient protection of human and legal rights in Jordan as well as strengthen civil society and a demand for greater participation in the

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Improving Pakistan’s International Trade Competitiveness Via Capacity Development

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Kaizen created the Women Leadership in Trade Policy program, which generated discussion among women on in-trade policy formulation. Pakistan’s trade sector faced constraints that hindered its competitiveness in international markets. Women’s participation in the trade sector was limited and policies, processes, and activities related to trade did not sufficiently address constraints. The goal of the

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Supported Set Up of Ebola Unit of USAID Global Development Lab

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Kaizen collaborated with USAID Global Development Lab on an initiative to combat the global health crisis and put into place safeguards to prepare countries to better respond to future health crises. The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa was the “largest, most severe and most complex Ebola epidemic” in history according to

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Supporting the USAID Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention

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Kaizen launched initiatives to create and improve the Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention’s processes and tools for sharing and using knowledge. The Knowledge Management and Learning (KM&L) project was designed to support the Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention (CVP), previously known as the Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. KM&L was tasked with

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Advancing Early Reading and Mathematics in Jordan’s Public Schools

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Across Jordan, Kaizen is promoted early education by developing parent engagement and community mobilization. With youth making up 63 percent of Jordan’s population and approximately 1.6 million students enrolled in public schools, it has been the Kingdom of Jordan’s goal to provide children with a quality education. The government aimed to develop the basic reading

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