Resources
rssInclusion, Resilience, Change: ADB’s Strategy 2020 at Mid-Term
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publication date: 2014
The midterm review of Strategy 2020 provides the Asian Development Bank (ADB) a precious opportunity to draw on its vast experience over the first 5 years of the strategy's implementation.
IDS Annual Report 2014: Transforming development
Author: IDS
Publication date: 2014
This year's theme, ‘Transforming Development’ reflects both the upheaval in the development landscape, and the changes IDS is making to refresh its vision and ways of working in internationally turbulent times.
The IDS Annual Report 2014:
A review of evidence, agreements, concepts and tools relating to participatory agricultural research
Author: Blackie, M.
Publication date: 2014
This is a rapid desk based study to identify an overview of evidence, agreements, concepts and tools relating to participatory agricultural research. The review was undertaken using both peer reviewed and grey literature from the major development agencies (both multilateral and national), national and international research institutes and think tanks, and regional and subregional research organisations.
Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: participatory research in climate change and agriculture
Author: Jost, C., Ferdous, N. & Spicer, T.D.
Publication date: 2014
This manual introduces a wide range of participatory strategies and tools for research to guide the implementation of climate smart agriculture and efforts to achieve food security in rural communities. It is intended for NGO practitioners and program designers interested in diagnostic and action research for gender sensitive and socially inclusive climate change programs.
A local vision of climate adaptation: Participatory urban planning in Mozambique
Authors: Broto, V.C., Boyd, E., Ensor, J. & Allen, C.
Publication date: 2014
This article shares the findings of the project "Public Private People Partnerships for Climate Compatible Development (4PCCD)". It was a small project (£114,000) that ran from 2011 to 2013 in Maputo, Mozambique. It investigated whether local views be represented fairly in national and municipal planning processes through a partnership approach.
By experimenting with different forms of participatory planning, 4PCCD aimed to identify local priorities for climate-related action, along with the key actors and resources needed to make it happen.
Promoting Self - Direction and Consumer Control in Home - and Community - Based Service Systems
Authors: Kendrick; M.J.
Publication date: 2006
This paper is the third in a series of three papers on unlocking the code of effective systems change. It examines what contemporary social service systems can do to promote consumer-directed services.
Engaging and Partnering with Faith-Based Organizations in Initiatives for Children, Youth, and Families
Author: Institute for Educational Leadership
This toolkit provides checklists, suggestions, case studies, and resources for how to recruit and support partners from the faith-based community in efforts to strengthen, improve, or redesign systems of care for children, youth, and families.
Facilitating multi-stakeholder processes: balancing internal dynamics and institutional politics
Authors: Buchanan, K., Brouwer, H., Klerkx, L., Schaap, M. & Brouwers, J. with Le Borgne, E.
Publication date: 2013, In: Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 9 (3): 3-10
Empowering smallholder farmers in markets: Experiences with farmer-led research for advocacy
Authors: Giel, T. & Proctor, F., published by AGRINATURA CTA LEI Wageningen UR
Publication date: 2013
Collaborative Challenges and Successes: A Case Example
In this series from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Center for Health Leadership's 2011 Annual Leadership Conference, you will learn how to build effective partnerships within communities and health organizations, and across sectors. In this video, collaborative challenges and successes are discussed, followed by a case study about operationalizing collaboration among health care safety net providers.