Guide to facilitate a multi-actor theory of the change development process

It remains a critical challenge for researchers and practitioners to combine innovations and interventions in system changes to help achieve sustainable development goals. Ideally, theories of change establish this link by working backward from the outcomes to identify all of the conditions that mus...

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Autores principales: Falk, Thomas, van Rooyen, Andre F., Homann Kee Tui, Sabine, Zhang, Wei
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142996
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author Falk, Thomas
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Zhang, Wei
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description It remains a critical challenge for researchers and practitioners to combine innovations and interventions in system changes to help achieve sustainable development goals. Ideally, theories of change establish this link by working backward from the outcomes to identify all of the conditions that must be in place for the desired change to occur. In practice, theories of change are often developed looking forward by formulating a story about the way an intervention that is considered effective based upon a plausible claim, leads to outcomes. In either case, theories of change are based upon assumptions that are in many ways implicit and not transparent. For instance, assumptions about why and which actors need to change which behavior and what drives their behavioral changes are critical. This highlights the importance of reflecting on the steps taken when creating outputs to achieve outcomes. This guide intends to help intervention and process designers and decision makers develop robust, fair, effective, efficient, and sustainable theories of change.
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spelling CGSpace1429962025-12-08T10:11:39Z Guide to facilitate a multi-actor theory of the change development process Falk, Thomas van Rooyen, Andre F. Homann Kee Tui, Sabine Zhang, Wei motivation theory of change decision making governance It remains a critical challenge for researchers and practitioners to combine innovations and interventions in system changes to help achieve sustainable development goals. Ideally, theories of change establish this link by working backward from the outcomes to identify all of the conditions that must be in place for the desired change to occur. In practice, theories of change are often developed looking forward by formulating a story about the way an intervention that is considered effective based upon a plausible claim, leads to outcomes. In either case, theories of change are based upon assumptions that are in many ways implicit and not transparent. For instance, assumptions about why and which actors need to change which behavior and what drives their behavioral changes are critical. This highlights the importance of reflecting on the steps taken when creating outputs to achieve outcomes. This guide intends to help intervention and process designers and decision makers develop robust, fair, effective, efficient, and sustainable theories of change. 2021-12-30 2024-05-22T12:11:31Z 2024-05-22T12:11:31Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142996 en Open Access application/pdf International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics International Food Policy Research Institute Falk, Thomas; van Rooyen, Andre F.; Homann Kee Tui, Sabine; and Zhang, Wei. 2021. Guide to facilitate a multi-actor theory of the change development process. New Delhi, India; and Washington, DC: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142996
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governance
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