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Investing in Waste Management and Recycling with a Gender Lens

This guide offers a business case, framework, examples, case studies, and tools that can help commercial and impact investors in the waste management and recycling sector to integrate a gender lens in their activities. Read More

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean

While CCBO is global in scope, the program will build on previous USAID recycling programs such as the Municipal Waste Recycling Program through an initial focus on key countries in Asia and Latin America. Read More

Addendum to BAA-OAA-E3-POLLUTION-2020

Stopping Ocean Plastic Pollution from Cities: A USAID Case Study from Parañaque City, Philippines

Ocean plastic pollution has reached crisis level: every minute, more than an entire garbage truck of plastic makes its way into the world’s oceans—roughly 11 million tons annually. While plastic waste presents an immediate threat to marine wildlife and ecosystems, this global challenge also has implications for major industries such… Read More

Guidelines for Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans

This guide was developed by USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program to support local governments in developing a robust Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. Read More

Urban Resilience in Situations of Chronic Violence: Final Report

While the sources and forms of social and political violence have been extensively examined, the ways ordinary people along with their neighbors and officials cope with chronic urban violence have earned far less attention. This eight-case study of cities suffering from a history of violence explores this latter phenomenon, which… Read More

Water Security Improvement Toolkit #4 – Funding Water Security

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

Power Africa: THE ROADMAP A Guide to Reaching 30,000 Megawatts and 60 Million Connections

This road map shows how the collective efforts of Power Africa’s more than 120 public and private sector partners fit together to achieve our ambitious goal of adding 30,000 megawatts (MW) and 60 million connections in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. Read More

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Final Evaluation of USAID GEMAP Activities

This project assisted the Government of Liberia and Monrovia City Corporation with creation and institutionalization of effective financial and asset management policies and procedures, containment of corruption, and improvement of overall economic governance. Read More