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Using Evidence in Policy and Practice: Lessons from Africa
Routledge (2021), xxvi, 253 pp.
Propulsorio
SembraMedia (2021), 76 pp.
"Aprende a desarrollar productos y medios informativos con foco en la audiencia y su sustentabilidad económica." (https://propulsorio.com)
MediaDev Fundraising Guide
Key Guides
"If your organisation is planning to apply for media development or journalism support funding, the GFMD MediaDev Fundraising Guide is for you. We hope that the Guide will provide insight into a variety of application models, take you through the project design process, and help you submit better -
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DPPD Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide for Development Practitioners to Apply the Data Powered Positive Deviance Method
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2021), 138 pp.
"Positive Deviance (PD) is based on the observation that in every community or organization, there are a few individuals who achieve significantly better outcomes than their peers, despite having similar challenges and resources. These individuals are referred to as positive deviants, and adopting t
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Catholic Social Thought and Design Thinking: Putting the Option for the Poor Into Practice
American Journal of Economics and Sociology, volume 80, issue 4 (2021), pp. 1205-1231
"Catholic social thought offers a vision and principles for a community wherein all creation flourishes. An important principle in Catholic social thought is the option for the poor, which describes the commitment of the Catholic Church to the well-being of the marginalized and vulnerable. However,
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Human-Centred Design in Humanitarian Settings: Methodologies for Inclusivity
Key Guides
London: GSMA (2020), 40 pp.
"To ensure that mobile solutions are designed inclusively in humanitarian contexts, it is important that target users are involved as co-creators of the future they want. A human-centred design approach is one way to ensure that users’ perspectives are fully integrated into programme design. This
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Die Design-Thinking-Prinzipien
dit.bund (2020), 24 pp.
Practical Guidance on Developing a Project’s Theory of Change
Key Guides
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (2020), iv, 11 pp.
"A theory of change is a concise, explicit explanation of: "If we do X, and Y holds true, then we'll achieve Z because a, b, and c." With this structure, the TOC makes clear how (if-then) and why (because) the project team expects or assumes that certain actions will produce desired changes for indi
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Revitalising a Social Movement Through a Global Theory of Change
Oxford: INTRAC (2020), 19 pp.
"The Mothers Union (MU) was beginning to feel its age. Founded 140 years ago it had grown into a social movement of more than 4 million members. But in many places their members felt it had become increasingly inward-looking and ineffective. A radically participative theory of change process, called
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"This guide can be used to prepare a process or a workshop aimed at formulating a Theory of Change (ToC) and also enables staff and partners to critically assess an existing ToC. This is not a traditional step-by-step guide: the document mainly aims to clarify the underlying ideas of the ToC." (Page
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"This document provides a synthesis of guidance specifically aimed at Theory of Change (ToC) processes in a Global Environment Facility (GEF) context, as part of a growing suite of Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) documents that support the design of interventions in meeting the GEF’
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The Hidden Life of Theories of Change
Hivos (2020), 22 pp.
"This practical guide describes a number of workshops held across Europe to train fellow workers in design thinking techniques and processes. It covers how teams have organised their sessions encompassing the structure, tools chosen, length, workshop delivery and evaluation. Through reflection on th
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Managing Outcomes: A Practitioner's Manual for Analysis, Planning, Monitoring and Self-Evaluation Based on Outcome Mapping
Cologne: AGIAMONDO (2020), vi, 114 pp.
"Outcome Mapping was developed 20 years ago by the International Development Research Centre and for many in the development sector it has become a staple in planning, monitoring and evaluation toolkits. Countless organisations across the world have applied and adapted Outcome Mapping for their own
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Design Thinking: The Handbook
Singapore: WS Professional (2020), 303 pp.
"Design thinking is more than just a new, one-off method of innovation. It is about establishing an innovation-friendly climate in companies and organizations for the long-term. To achieve this, an interdisciplinary team of authors has composed this "recipe book" that can be practically applied to y
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"The relationships between water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) actors are critical for improving and sustaining WASH services. Social network analysis (SNA) is a powerful tool for studying social systems that focuses attention on the complex relationships among actors in a system. Specifically, it
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