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New publication series kicks off with focus on transformational change
We are delighted to launch our Think Pieces – a new series of publications where we explore the challenging questions that...
Learning to evaluate transformational change – Itad Think Piece 01
We urgently need a low carbon and climate-resilient future. Incremental adaptation may no longer be enough –...
The benefits of community-driven development
A new paper published in the Journal of Flood Risk Management explores the costs and benefits of resilience interventions in...
Can innovation prizes improve lives for the poorest?
After six years, the UKAid-funded Ideas to Impact programme has come to an end, yielding an impressive amount of lessons on...
Rising to the challenge: How to get the best value from using prizes to drive innovation for development
An innovation inducement prize enables funders to pursue development goals without them having to know in advance which...
Evaluating the results of innovation prizes for development: reflections and recommendations from practice
The incidence of using prizes (of any kind) to achieve social and development goals is increasing (Evanoff, 2018). And yet...
Evaluating the value for money of Ideas to Impact’s innovation inducement prizes
From 2014 to 2019, the Ideas to Impact (I2I) action-research programme has been designing, implementing and testing a series...
Mobilising private finance into low-carbon markets: Insights from the UK’s International Climate Finance
To tackle the global climate crisis and achieve a worldwide low-carbon transition, it will be essential to stimulate the...
Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects – Compass PE2 Final Report
International Climate Finance (ICF) is a core component of the United Kingdom’s contribution to developed countries’...
Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects – Compass PE2 Technical Report
The United Kingdom (UK) is firmly committed, alongside other developed countries, to contribute to the mobilisation of US$100...
Executive Summary: Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects – Compass PE2 Final Report
This is the executive summary of the Compass PE2 final report 'Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects'.
2018-19 Global leap off-grid cold chain challenge
The Global LEAP Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge (OGCCC) was launched in August 2018 as part of the Ideas to Impact programme to...
The sanitation challenge for Ghana: Making urban sanitation a political priority – Summary
This summary describes what I2I learned about the value of using prizes to influence the policy environment for liquid waste...
The sanitation challenge for Ghana: Making urban sanitation a political priority – Brief
The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana was a competition that ran in Ghana between 2015 and 2019 to encourage local governments...
Sanitation challenge for Ghana Dignified City Award (Stage 2) – Final evaluation report
This summary describes what I2I learned about the value of using prizes to influence the policy environment for liquid waste...
New GRP reports on learning from failure and scaling innovations published
Learning from failure and scaling resilience innovations are the focus of two new case study reports sharing learning and...
