Rethinking Development, Aid, Social Change (including role of evaluation)

Books:

 

• Aid on the Edge of Chaos: Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World, Ramalingam, Ben.
• The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development, Andrews, Matt

• Navigating Complexity in International Development: Facilitating Sustainable Change at Scale, Danny Burns (Author), Stuart Worsley (Author).
• The Politics of Evidence and Results in International Development: Playing the game to change the rules? Eyben, Rosalind, Guijt, Irene, Roche, Chris, Shutt, Cathy.

• The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor. Easterly, William.

 

Articles/Blog Posts

This Is Why I Say Poverty Is Created

Local First: an excellent (and practical) counterweight to the more top-down versions of ‘doing development differently’

The UN Development Goals Miss the Point – It’s All About Power

Thinking and Working Politically update: where have aid agencies, consultants etc got to?

Problem-Driven Iterative Adaption

 Strengthening People-Led Development

 

Resources on collective learning

Books

 

• Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making (Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series), Kaner, Sam.
• The Human Capacity for Transformational Change: Harnessing the collective mind, Brown, Valerie A., Harris, John A.
• Collective Learning for Transformational Change: A Guide to Collaborative Action, Brown, Valerie A., Lambert, Judith A.

 

Websites/blog posts

Liberating Structures Approach and Tools

Chris Carrigan Blog 

Beyond The Edge Facilitation Resources

 Building learning systems

Reflection and Action Resources