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Urban Resilience Sector Guidance: Governance

This document is a companion to the USAID Urban Resilience Technical Guidance, and aims to support USAID staff and implementing partners to develop activities that strengthen urban resilience in governance sector programming Read More

Urban Resilience Technical Guidance

USAID can improve development outcomes by strengthening urban resilience. Through this approach USAID can guard against risks and help capture and safeguard the benefits of urbanization, especially for the most vulnerable. Concepts from this technical guidance can be applied to focused sector programming as well as integrated programming across sectors. Read More

Practicing Anthropology: Volume 45, Issue 2

Modelo de saneamiento de vertederos para reducir el impacto
climático y la contaminación por plásticos en los océanos

ESTUDIO DE CASO — Provincia de Samaná, República Dominicana Read More

Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE)

ACE is a global USAID program that facilitates the Agency’s ambitious work to fight climate change, conserve biodiversity and manage natural resources, improve land governance, and expand access to secure, modern energy and resilient infrastructure. Status: Active Region: Global Key Documents: ACE Program Fact Sheet Issues: Air Quality… Read More

USAID Spotlights Cities at Our Ocean Conference

March 2, 2023 – Around the world, waste management is the responsibility of local governments. Few local government services are as visible in our daily lives—and important—as waste management. Yet many local governments lack the institutional capacity and resources necessary to successfully plan, build, and operate the on-the-ground waste management… Read More

Six Ways USAID is Advancing Gender Equality in the Waste Sector

Women play a critical role in the waste sector, as informal workers collecting plastics, or as owners of recycling centers and upcycling businesses—preventing plastic waste from reaching the ocean. Read More

Low and Middle Income Countries Urban Air Pollution Solutions

Potential policy-relevant solutions to control air pollution and improve health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Read More

Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE) Fact Sheet

ACE is a global USAID program that facilitates the Agency’s ambitious work to fight climate change, conserve biodiversity and manage natural resources, improve land governance, and expand access to secure, modern energy and resilient infrastructure. Read More

Solid Waste Capacity Index for Local Governments (SCIL) Fact Sheet

The Solid Waste Capacity Index for Local Governments (SCIL) assessment tool enables local governments to assess their current capacity to develop effective waste management systems. Read More