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8. Sustainability Begins at Home

Gender Integration in Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG)

The Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG Center) has developed this toolkit as a practical guide for USAID staff to better integrate gender into DRG programming. Read More

Urban Programs in the Philippines: A Snapshot

Urban Solutions: Metropolitan Approaches, Innovation in Urban Water and Sanitation and Inclusive Smart Cities

Evidence-based research is the foundations upon which decisions about urban policies and priorities must be made. Read More

CityLinks – Urban Intersections Fact Sheet Food Security, Water, and Climate Change

USAID’s Urban Intersections Fact Sheet on Food Security, Water, and Climate Change highlights the following: Each week, the world’s urban population increases by another 3 million people. The world’s urban population will reach nearly 5 billion by 2030. Cities now consume about two-thirds of the world’s energy. Water insecurity linked… Read More

Water Security Improvement Toolkit #3 – Water Security Planning

Water Security Planning: This is the third in a series of six toolkits that present topics and strategies for addressing issues of water security. Read More

Funding Options for Solid Waste Systems in Low- to Middle-Income Countries

USAID Clean Cities, Blue Ocean’s Funding Options for Solid Waste Systems in Low- to Middle-Income Countries provides local government officials and staff with information on how other local jurisdictions have addressed funding for their solid waste management systems, as well as examples of funding options that can be adapted to… Read More

Circulate Capital Partnership

A USAID-Supported Investment Partnership for Combating Ocean Plastic Pollution Status: Active Region: Asia Key Documents: Investing in Waste Management and Recycling with a Gender Lens Issues: Ocean Plastic Pollution Pollution Climate Resilience and Adaptation Climate Mitigation Overview In April 2019, USAID signed an agreement leveraging more than $100… Read More

Creating a Sustainable Waste Management Model in Samaná Province, Dominican Republic

In Samaná Province—a peninsula on the DR’s northeastern coast— USAID’s CCBO program is working to pilot solutions to stop the flow of plastic pollution into the region’s large, semi-enclosed Samaná Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Read More

Urban Resilience: 2020 Urban Learning Brief for Mission Staff

As cities around the world face more acute climate events, global pandemics, humanitarian crises and other shocks, there is rapidly growing attention on the need for urban resilience. Read More