TY - RPRT TI - Adaptive Programming in Fragile, Conflict and Violence-Affected Settings, What Works and Under What Conditions?: The Case of PERL, Nigeria AU - Punton, Melanie AU - Burge, Richard T2 - Action for Empowerment and Accountability Research Programme AB - This paper examines adaptive approaches to aid programming in Nigeria. Through field research and desk reviews, we have investigated some of the assertions around the ‘adaptive management and programming’ approach, which has arisen in recent years as a response to critiques of overly rigid, pre-designed, blueprint and linear project plans. This is the second of three case studies in a series which explore if and how adaptive approaches, including rapid learning and planning responses, are particularly relevant and useful for promoting empowerment and accountability in fragile, conflict and violence-affected settings (FCVAS). This case study focuses on PERL (Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn) in Nigeria, a five-year governance programme (2016-21) with a total budget of £100 million. It aims to promote better service delivery through bringing together government and citizens groups to collectively address governance challenges. PERL is viewed by DFID as the final stage of a 20-year investment, building on learning, experience and partnerships from 15 years of DFID-funded governance programming in Nigeria. It was designed to incorporate learning and adaptation through a ‘living’ theory of change, continuous political economy analysis at different levels, adaptive implementation by location-based delivery teams who are encouraged to be flexible and let partners take the lead, regular learning and reflection, and adaptive resourcing, HR and administrative systems. The case study draws on a conceptual framework (the ‘adaptive triangle’) that looks at three types of adaptation – adaptive management, adaptive programming and adaptive delivery – and the interconnections and tensions between them. CY - Brighton DA - 2018/11/26/ PY - 2018 DP - opendocs.ids.ac.uk LA - en PB - Itad, Oxfam and IDS UR - https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/14148 Y2 - 2019/02/04/00:00:00 KW - A4EA KW - Adaptive Development KW - Economy KW - Fishery ER - TY - RPRT TI - The Role of External Actors in Supporting Social and Political Action towards Empowerment and Accountability with a Focus on Fragile, Conflict- and Violence-Affected Settings AU - Christie, Angela AU - Burge, Richard T2 - IDS Working Paper 503 AB - This paper explores the role and experience of external actors, particularly donors, in supporting social and political action in fragile, conflict and violence affected settings. Evidence is distilled from a wide range of synthesised sources to generate relevant findings and questions in relation to what we know and what we don’t. Included among the source material is a 2016 macro-evaluation of DFID’s empowerment and accountability (E&A) programmes which examined over 50 DFID funded projects. Themes which emerge relate to: how external actors need to think about the context and work politically; who are the most appropriate social and political actors to support in E&A; whether a direct or indirect approach to support for E&A achieves more tangible outcomes; whether external actors should move beyond short-term tools and tactics focused on one-sided engagement; and whether programmes should be designed around more strategic, multi-faceted interventions. The paper concludes with identifying a number of gaps in the evidence which are translated into a range of questions which could potentially inform the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) research programme. CY - Brighton DA - 2017/12// PY - 2017 PB - IDS and ITAD UR - https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/13430 Y2 - 2019/08/14/12:12:34 ER - TY - RPRT TI - Seeing the Combined Effects of Aid Programmes AU - Burge, Richard AU - Nadelman, Rachel AU - McGee, Rosie AU - Fox, Jonathan AU - Anderson, Colin T2 - IDS Policy Briefing AB - Multiple aid agencies often try to support change in the same places, at the same time, and with similar actors. Surprisingly, their interactions and combined effects are rarely explored. This Policy Briefing describes findings from research conducted on recent aid programmes that overlapped in Mozambique, Nigeria, and Pakistan, and from a webinar with UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advisors and practitioners. The research found three distinct categories of ‘interaction effects’: synergy, parallel play, and disconnect. We explore how using an ‘interaction effects’ lens in practice could inform aid agency strategies and programming. CY - Brighton DA - 2022/05/10/ PY - 2022 DP - opendocs.ids.ac.uk LA - en PB - IDS SN - 196 UR - https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17391 Y2 - 2022/07/01/09:03:59 ER -