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Leading learning and change from the middle: re-conceptualising strategys purpose, content, and measures

When implementing a transformational global vision and mission, three problems typically confront international NGOs: aligning different levels of planning and strategy; balancing global analysis and priorities against local realities; and identifying m ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:09

The role of horizontal networks in microfinance impact monitoring and assessment

This paper draws on five case studies to explore potential benefits and barriers to horizontal networking to promote impact monitoring and assessment of microfinance. Its main aim is to stimulate further discussion of this issue, but it also draws tentati ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:10

Public–Private Partnerships for Public Health

Author:  Reich, Michael R. (ed.) Publisher:  Cambridge, MA: Harvard Centre for P ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49

Evaluation Frameworks for Development Programmes and Projects

Author:  Dale, Reidar Issue:  Volume 9, Number ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 08:39

Engendering Development: Experiences in Gender and Development Planning

Author:  Barrig, Maruja and Andy Wehkamp (eds.) Issue:  ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 09:10

Successful or not? Evidence, emergence, and development management

This article offers a critique of the dominant ways of conceiving of, managing, and evaluating development. It argues that these management methods constrain the exploration of novelty and difference. By drawing on insights from the complexity sciences, ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-07 16:20

Immersion for organisational learning in Tanzania

This article shares the approach and experiences of a joint immersion of two organisations in Tanzania. Immersions have a profound effect on individuals and strongly stimulate individual learning. Wishing to go beyond that, an immersion was designed wit ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2012-08-16 10:14

Integrating participatory elements into conventional research projects: measuring the costs and benefits

Until recently, participatory and conventional approaches to agricultural research have been regarded as more or less antagonistic. This article presents evidence from three sub-projects of a Thai-Vietnamese-German collaborative research programme on 'Sus ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00

Gender and evidence-based planning: the CIET methods

Epidemiological combined with experiential evidence from communities can produce important and sometimes surprising insights into gender relations, to inform policies that address changing needs. CIET has standardised a community-based cross-design for ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:46

Communication is not enough

The main purpose of extension work is to assist and encourage learning, and current thinking on the way adults learn suggests that the social context in which the learning takes place and the attitudes of the target group are as integral to their learning ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53