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title: "Collaborative Design in Peacebuilding: Lessons from the Central African Republic"
description: Report conducted in the Central African Republic, by Andrew Blum and Ruben Grangaard explores the role of collaboration and shared measurement in promoting more effective programming in the peacebuilding field.
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April 26, 2018

# Collaborative Design in Peacebuilding: Lessons from the Central African Republic

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# Collaborative Design in Peacebuilding: Lessons from the Central African Republic

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Andrew Blum is the executive director of the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. Ruben Grangaard is a program officer on the Learning, Evaluation, and Research team at the United States Institute of Peace.

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