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💭 As generative AI becomes a constant in how we approach daily tasks, as development professionals, we can't lose sight of the risks that AI may pose to our responsibilities toward our practice and the communities whom we are working to help.

How do we navigate biases in AI tools? Are we safeguarding data privacy in fragile contexts? And how do we ensure AI truly supports localization rather than reinforcing existing inequities?

In our latest blog, our Technical Director, Matt Klick, PhD. shares his thoughts on GenAI and International Development and makes a case for caution when using AI in our line of work.

📖 Read the full blog below and share your thoughts with us.
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Getting Real About Artificial Intelligence: GenAI, Evaluation in International Development, and the Case for Caution If localization means leadership, agency, and at least consultation in...

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Newsletter July - December 2024 LINC, Corporación ECOSS, and the Gerry Roxas Foundation Selected as Finalists in USAID’s 2024 CLA Case Competition – In September, USAID Learning Lab announced that LINC, Corporación ECOSS (ECOSS), and the Gerry Roxas Foundation (GRF) were finalists of its 2024 CLA Case Competition. The LINC, ...

How Should We Manage the Unintended Consequences of Local Capacity Strengthening?

The seventh and final entry of LINC’s focuses on USAID - US Agency for International Development’s Local Capacity Strengthening Policy Principle No. 6: Be mindful of and mitigate the unintended consequences of our support for local capacity strengthening. This principle reminds us to identify and acknowledge that and local systems are often shaped by systemic power imbalances that can create and result in unintended harm.

We reflect on how we, partners, must take the time to develop an understanding of how local dynamics affect programming, how programming can reinforce existing imbalances or exacerbate competition or conflict, and how we should adapt accordingly.

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