Announcing DECfinder: Preserving Development Knowledge for the Future

Built by I4DI, DECfinder restores access to over 110,000 curated documents from USAID’s Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) — including evaluations, technical studies, project designs, and strategic plans spanning decades of global development work. Designed for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, it offers fast, intuitive search by keyword, country, sector, or document type — making institutional memory accessible again.

As the original DEC was taken offline, DECfinder fills the gap — not as a replacement, but as a practical response to preserve and activate development knowledge. It’s free, easy to use, and built for the field. Because when knowledge is cumulative and within reach, we move forward faster.