TY - RPRT TI - Evaluating CLARISSA: Innovation Driven by a Participatory Learning Agenda AU - Apgar, Marina AU - Snijder, Mieke AU - Kakri, Shanta AU - Macleod, Shona AU - Paul, Sukanta AU - Sambo, Anna AU - Ton, Giel T2 - CLARISSA working paper AB - Children end up in child labour as a result of many, often unknown or hidden, interactions between multiple actors and multiple factors within households, communities, and labour systems, leading to unpredictable outcomes for children and other sector stakeholders and sometimes resulting in the worst forms of child labour (WFCL). It is a complex problem, and interventions aimed at tackling it are also, inevitably, complex and challenging. The way they influence change is non-linear, causality is uncertain, and unintended consequences may result. Programmes such as the Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) that are engaging with such intractable challenges and aim to reach the most left behind (children in WFCL) are operating in conditions of complexity. This complexity poses significant challenges to the way programmes are designed, planned, implemented, and evaluated, and requires a move away from linear and predetermined models. In this Working Paper, we share our experience and early learning about how to design and implement monitoring, evaluation and learning that intentionally embraces the challenge of complexity. CY - Brighton DA - 2020/06/25/ PY - 2020 DP - opendocs.ids.ac.uk LA - en PB - Institute of Development Studies SN - 2 ST - Evaluating CLARISSA UR - https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/15456 Y2 - 2023/01/10/14:37:04 ER - TY - RPRT TI - Designing Contribution Analysis of Participatory Programming to Tackle the Worst Forms of Child Labour AU - Apgar, Marina AU - Snijder, Mieke AU - Prieto Martin, Pedro AU - Ton, Giel AU - Macleod, Shona AU - Kakri, Shanta AU - Paul, Sukanta T2 - CLARISSA Research and Evidence Paper AB - This Research and Evidence Paper presents the theory-based and participatory evaluation design of the Child Labour: Action-Research- Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) programme. The evaluation is embedded in emergent Participatory Action Research with children and other stakeholders to address the drivers of the worst forms of child labour (WFCL). The report describes the use of contribution analysis as an overarching approach, with its emphasis on crafting, nesting and iteratively reflecting on causal theories of change. It illustrates how hierarchically-nested impact pathways lead to specific evaluation questions and mixing different evaluation methods in response to these questions, critical assumptions, and agreement on causal mechanisms to be examined in depth. It also illustrates how realist evaluation can be combined with contribution analysis to deeply investigate specific causal links in the theory of change. It reflects on learning from the use of causal hotspots as a vehicle for mixing methods. It offers considerations on how to navigate relationships and operational trade-offs in making methodological choices to build robust and credible evidence on how, for whom, and under what conditions participatory programming can work to address complex problems such as child labour. CY - Brighton DA - 2022/08/18/ PY - 2022 DP - opendocs.ids.ac.uk LA - en PB - Institute of Development Studies SN - 2 UR - https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17603 Y2 - 2024/02/01/00:00:00 ER -