Politically smart programming
We provide research, analysis and strategic advice to help our partners better understand how the broader political environment influences and impacts the success of an initiative. We enable our partners to develop approaches that apply everyday political thinking to achieving policy and programme outcomes.
Mapping Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health for the Global Fund
Supporting The Global Fund to develop to better align financial investments into health systems with the national priorities...
Provision of MERL Services for CSSF South Asia (2020 – 2022)
The UK’s Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is designed to provide strategic UK investments that combine a...
Data collection and analysis partner in India and Bangladesh
Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls for effective measures to end forced labour, modern slavery and human...
Evaluation of the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance project
Despite the long-standing recognition of AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance) as a major public health problem, lack of information...
Publications
Adaptive Programming in Fragile, Conflict and Violence-Affected Settings. What Works and Under What Conditions? The Case of Institutions for Inclusive Development, Tanzania
Adaptive Management involves a dynamic interaction between three elements: delivery, programming and governance. This case...
A4EA: The Case for an Adaptive Approach to Empowerment and Accountability Programming in Fragile Settings
This A4EA paper brings together three case studies of large Department for International Development (DFID) governance...
Adaptive Programming in Fragile, Conflict and Violence-Affected Settings – What works and under what conditions? The Case of PERL, Nigeria
This case study focuses on PERL (Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn) in Nigeria and draws on a conceptual framework (the...
Adaptive Programming in Fragile, Conflict and Violence-Affected Settings – What works and under what conditions? The Case of Pyoe Pin, Myanmar
This paper examines adaptive approaches in aid programming in a fragile, conflict and violence-affected setting (FCVAS),...
Blogs and news
Measuring political access and influence in fragile and conflict-affected settings
Understanding political context and the influence of political interests is critical in delivering national and development...
Does adaptive programming work in fragile contexts, and why? The case of PERL in Nigeria
We’ve just published a case study based on a fascinating week in Nigeria last summer, exploring what ‘adaptive...
Six things that help grant-makers learn and adapt
There’s an emerging body of literature identifying key strategies that can both improve learning and enable adaptive...
Flexible and Adaptive…How Original
The title of this post relates to how adaptive programming was presented at a recent donor meeting, the aim being to profile a...