El Salvador programs / El Salvador project 519-0361 · 1990–1999 · higher education, universities and scholarships · Development Associates, Inc.
Final report of the contractor, Development Associates, Inc., on the Caribbean and Latin American Scholarship Program (CLASP) II in El Salvador (9/90-6/97). CLASP II provided custom-tailored short- and long-term technical, leadership, and academic training in a wide variety of fields, along with an Experience America program, to 1,514 Salvadorans. The training strategy sought to overcome the shortcomings of traditional approaches (e.g, lack of support from sponsoring institutions, the unsuitability of training content for El Salvador, the short duration of the training) and to develop not individual skills but a critical mass of expertise at different levels of a given organization. To this end, CLASP II developed partnerships among USAID, the trainees, and their public and private sponsoring institutions, the last of which proved indispensable in selecting participants and provided valuable follow-up support. The report uses a plethora of case studies to document the impacts of CLASP II in accordance with the Mission's Strategic Objectives, as follows: (1) Broad-based economic growth. CLASP entrepreneurs, male and female, are running businesses of their own, employing their neighb
Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABP-771 (1997). The source's own text.
Operated in: El Salvador.
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Evaluation studies and evaluation-type documents linked to this program.
| Title | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Central American peace scholarship program (CAPS) -- Caribbean and Latin American scholarship program (CLASP-II) | 1993 | Evaluation-type document |
| Caribbean and Latin American Scholarship Program in El Salvador : the impact of the CAPS and CLASP-II projects | 1993 | Evaluation-type document |
| CLASP [Caribbean and Latin American scholarship program] special report | 1993 | Evaluation-type document |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development Associates, Inc. | implementer | 1995 to 1997 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Aguirre International | implementer | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
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Operated in El Salvador, 1990 to 1999 8 sources
Scope: country: El Salvador. The award code belongs to this country's mission. High confidence.
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| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 519-0316-C-0401 |
| 1997 |
| Stated in a document |
| 2 sources |
| 519-0361-C-0401 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1995 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| LAC-0061-C-0046 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Mission to El Salvador | 1993 to 1997 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| USAID. Mission to El Salvador | 1990 to 1999 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
Sector profile (computed): Higher education, universities and scholarships 61%; Agriculture: policy, land tenure and land reform 9%; Good governance 5%
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