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In my last blog on theory-based Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL), I explained why relationships matter, and how to assess change…
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Adaptive management in its various incarnations has long been a focus of a development community that is more and more frequently bumping up against the barriers of complexity, and looking for ways to overcome its challenges. In a field where we consistently have to deal with multifaceted problems,...
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Graham Teskey shares a great internal links round up and guide to 'political economy analysis'
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On June 24th under GLocal’s UNConference, “Co-creating our future stories of hope and action”, Jindra Cekan, Holta Trandafili, and Isabella Jean presented their work on sustainability evaluations and exit strategies via local voices. We chaired a 2-hour discussion session on the following topics: Sustainability of global development projects and exit from them, The importance of valuing local partners’ and participants’ voices, How to embed ex-post evaluation of sustainability into the...
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Considerations on where and when sanctions fit into the conception of social accountability is a nudge toward better and more granular descriptions of what work is being undertaken effectively in which situations.
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VCoL is a cycle of goal setting, information seeking, application, and reflection. Its +7 skills include reflectivity, awareness, seeking and evaluating information, making connections, applying knowledge, seeking and working with feedback, and recognizing and overcoming built-in biases. VCoLing engages the whole learner. By this, we mean that it engages learners emotionally, physically, and intellectually, leveraging both conscious and unconscious mental processes. VCoLing ensures that...
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Based on its work in Sri Lanka, The Asia Foundation argues for greater attention to the local political dynamics into which digital solutions are introduced
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How can we balance our need to respond to a crisis with our long-term goals for systemic change?
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A smart new report explores how a good idea - theories of change - is distorted by the way it is implemented in the aid sector
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In January 2010 improvised explosive device (IED) attacks against dismounted infantry squads in Afghanistan numbered in the single digits — with only two
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A recent conversation with a good governance programme in Myanmar tried to identify its underlying rules of thumb. Was that a good idea?
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In this final blog in the series, I want to look at the potential value of rubrics. While evaluability assessments can help us to…
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Effective partnership working is crucial to producing quality results, especially when working with complex problems such as the worst forms...
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When asserting the value of theory-based methods, you often here words like “black boxes” and “causal mechanisms.” These are commonly…
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Adaptive management is increasingly on the ticket for development programming, and has been crucial in the wake of covid-19. I’ve been working with adaptive programmes for most of my career, …
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A-ha! A moment etched in my memory: 20 or so researchers were...
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Written by Toby Lowe and Shaheen Warren (Centre for Public Impact) and Sam Sharp (Overseas Development Institute), with input from Jamie…
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Opportunities and challenges for local leadership
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Over lockdown there were a lot of tantrums in our household. The tears and tussles were at a dramatic high when the schools closed, and…
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Arbie Baguios presents his ideas on how to reform the aid system
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