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Enhancing Adaptive Development Through Strategy Testing

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In the rapidly changing landscape of international development, traditional, rigid approaches often fall short when dealing with complex and evolving environments. This is where adaptive development and systems shifting come into play, allowing practitioners to remain responsive and flexible in the face of uncertainty. A key method that supports this approach is strategy testing, a […]

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Dealing with the Unexpected

adaptive development / Arnaldo Pellini

There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)

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A shift in perception: exploring ways to work with complexity in international development

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I really enjoyed to go back this week to this paper from 2016 by ODI’s Anne Buffardi: When Theory Meets Reality. I went back to Anne’s paper because I am doing some work on defining some principle the can help design and set up monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) systems for development project/programmes that tackle

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Three questions about MEL for projects dealing with complexity

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Last week I wrote to the Peregrine Discussion Group on Better Evaluation with a couple of questions on M&E or MEL of initiates that try ton address complex social and development problems. I have received many very interesting replies which i am posting below together with my questions. My questions 1) What do you think

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The brave new world of evaluating innovation. In conversation with Petri Uusikylä

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I met with Petri Uusikylä to learn more about how his interest in complexity had evolved and how it influences his view of evaluating development and social change

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How to evaluate innovation? In conversation with Jordi del Bas

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Innovation is a confusing buzzword. There is no clarity and that what innovation is can be very subjective. Is the lack of a clear definition of innovation a problem in terms of evaluating innovation? What do the evaluators of innovation look for when they are called in to do their work?

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Experimenting with innovation and accelerating development in Vietnam. In conversation with UNDP’s Ida Uusikylä

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Vietnam is one of 60 countries where UNDP has established Accelerator Labs. The aim is to instil innovation principles and approaches into the work of the projects that UNDP implements and into the way UNDP works. At the end of January, I went to Helsinki to participate in a two-day workshop on sensemaking and innovation

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Governments and governance in the digital revolution: opportunities and challenges. In conversation with Johannes Mikkonen

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At the end of last year, with support from Helvetas I co-authored a paper entitled, State Capability, Policymaking and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Do Knowledge Systems Matter?

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