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Six Key Findings on the Use of Theories of Change in International Development
Author: Valters, Craig
Publication date: August 2014
The Theory of Change approach is becoming a pervasive part of development practice: as an artefact, as a management tool, and increasingly as a common discourse which implementers use to explain and explore their interventions. In this blog post, Craig Valters introduces the 6 key findings of his research and paper.
Contents:
- Introduction
- The problem
- Aims and methods- The Theory of Change approach
- Where did it come from and what should it do?
- Existing debates
- The Asia Foundation's approach
- An organisational view
- Communication
- Learning
- Accountability
- The effect of development discourses
- Results
- Evidence
- Rethinking the Theory of Change approach
- Six key findings
- Conclusion