By Arnaldo Pellini and Nicola Nixon ‘Partnership’ is a buzzword in international aid and development. But, arguably, it’s often overused and tokenistic. So how can we create real partnerships that lead to better development outcomes? Most of the discourse on Doing Development Differently (DDD) focuses on the relationship between program teams and beneficiaries, yet also…
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By David Booth There is no sign that the revival of interest in adaptive and entrepreneurial approaches to development work is going tail off soon. That’s why the demand is growing for indications of how the broad principles, as summarised in the Doing Development Differently Manifesto, apply to the various sectors where interested practitioners are…
by Arnaldo Pellini Michael Woolcock, the Lead Social Development Specialist at the World Bank, gave the keynote speech at the International Conference on Best Development Practices and Policies organized by the State Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) on August, 19-20 in Jakarta. He is one of the leading voices in the debate around new ways…
The Driving change in challenging context event hosted by ODI, will be held on September 14, 2015. In fragile states and other challenging situations, the establishment of core functions relating to public financial management (PFM) and service delivery is a critical part of state building and resilience, and is central to most partnerships in development.…
The Innovations in Public Service workshop will be held in Manila on August 24, 2015. It will explore how technology has and will continue to change the way we work, why initiatives like the Open Government Partnership emphasize the need for new strategies that reshape engagement, and how we can put citizens at the heart…
In this video, participants at the Doing development differently: Philippines workshop discuss how doing development differently is evolving – including by providing a model for donors for how alternative approaches could be funded; moving on from defining what ‘doing development differently’ is, and looking instead at the practicalities of putting the approach into practice, and…
In this video, participants at the Doing development differently: Philippines workshop discuss the future of doing development differently – and what needs to change; what comes next for doing development differently, including understanding how the concept can be introduced into large development organisations; broadening out to reach more people, and documenting stories from new sectors…
The Asia Foundation’s Philippines office hosted the second “Doing Development Differently” workshop in collaboration with the UK’s Overseas Development Institute on April 27 to 28, 2015. The objective of the workshop was to explore innovative ways to use DDD in practice, and help development agencies draw insights from examples and to apply these lessons in…
By Leni Wild and David Booth As the dust settles on the U.K. elections, it is good to reflect on the gap that has opened up between political and technical debates about international development. The U.K. is now a relatively large development donor. It is no surprise that international issues were not prominent in the…
