• Optimization-based Evaluation of USAID/OFDA Global Logistics Capacity

    Project Partners Humanitarian organizations, donor countries, and governments pre-position emergency supplies worldwide to facilitate rapid response to crisis needs. These organizations often pre-position stock at various warehouses around the world without formally analyzing how effectively this rapid response…

  • Food Aid Packaging Evaluation

    Mark Brennan, Jarrod Goentzel, Prithvi Sundar, MIT Comprehensive Initiative for Technology Evaluation (CITE)Partner: USAID Food for Peace began in 1954, and is implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Each year, nearly $2.2 billion is spent…

  • Solar Lanterns Evaluation

    Jarrod Goentzel, Tim Breitbach, MIT Comprehensive Initiative for Technology Evaluation (CITE) ​ Partners: Solar Sister Solar lanterns have the potential to impact key development outcomes for parts of the developing world that have low or unreliable electrical coverage, or that seek a…

  • Post-harvest storage in Uganda

    Mark Brennan, Emily GoodingPartners: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Makerere University Various technologies have been developed to improve post-harvest food storage and reduce PHL. These products include silos, metal canisters/drums, cold chain…

  • Understanding the Preferences of Private Sector Supply Chain Agents in Making Decisions to Stock Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria

    Corinne Carland, Erin ReissmanPartner: Malaria Consortium, USAID Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are an important tool to combat malaria in resource-constrained settings. They offer a fast and accurate diagnosis of the disease and do not rely on lab equipment or specially…

  • Feed the Future Uganda: Market Systems Monitoring

    Partners: The George Washington University (GWU), USAID

  • A Low-Income Country’s Homegrown Solution to Clean Water

    Erin ReissmanPartner: USAID Safe water and improved sanitation are essential to human health and well being throughout the world. In India, only 33% of households treat their water, even though the water could be chemically or bacterially contaminated. So in…

  • Feed the Future Uganda: Market Systems Monitoring

    Partners: The George Washington University (GWU), USAID

  • Decision Support for Post-Harvest Loss in Tanzania

    Jarrod Goentzel, Mark BrennanPartner: Global Knowledge Initiative One-third of the world’s available food either spoils or gets thrown away. Post-harvest loss is a challenge that an increasing number of organizations across sub-Saharan Africa aim to address. Losses can be…