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Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development Starting from the South
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Guidance: How to implement the Grand Bargain commitments at the country-level?
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Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2023
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Rethinking Accountability to Affected People
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Rethinking the constraints to localization of foreign aid
It is not local organizations that lack the capacity to work with USAID. Instead, it is USAID that lacks the capacity in its operating systems and organizational culture to work with local organizati
Systems Innovation Guide Series
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