Technical Note/Tool

ProFam Urban Outreach: A High Impact Model for Family Planning

In 2009, Population Services International (PSI) launched an innovative family planning (FP) outreach model in collaboration with the Malian Ministry of Health’s (MOH’s) Department of Reproductive Health (DSR) and the Bamako Regional Department of Health (DRS). Read More

Urban Health and Care-Seeking Behavior: A Case Study of Slums in India and the Philippines

This report examines the health needs and care-seeking behavior of poor slum residents in two Asian cities – Indore, India and greater Manila, Philippines. Read More

Building Urban Resilience to Climate Change: What Works Where, and Why

ISET worked with stakeholders in 15 cities in 5 countries — Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Thailand and the United States — to identify the challenges climate change will pose for these cities and to begin the process of systematically building city resilience to climate change in the face of those challenges. 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

Climate Policy Matrix

This Excel-based matrix is a decision support tool to enable city staff to communicate amongst themselves and with higher level decision makers around climate impacts, policy implications, adaptation strategies, and potential design or program strategies to support the adaptive strategy. Read More

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

Mapping Mt. Cotopaxi and Surrounding Cities

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) generously supports the OpenSteetMap program through a grant from the U.S. Global Development Lab’s GeoCenter. Read More

WaterLinks – 10-Step Promotion Program Toolkit

The purpose of a promotion program is to bring about behavior change. A promotion program is crucial to inform, educate, motivate, and persuade before a new practice is adopted, but the ultimate goal of any promotion program is to bring about and sustain the adoption of new practices. Read More

Climate Change Resilient Development: A Framework for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change

This report describes the Climate-resilient Development Framework, a “development-first” approach to climate change adaptation. Read More

Water and Development Strategy Implementation Field Guide

The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) first ever Water and Development Strategy was launched and became effective May 21, 2013. Read More