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Jeopardy: I am helpful jargon in securing buy-in for data-based decision-making, effective programme delivery, and navigating the aid realpolitik A: What is Adaptive Management?

At the risk of simultaneously whinging about and perpetuating a phenomenon, Adaptive Management has recently filled the echo-chambers inhabited by…

Ben Taylor19/09/2016

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WASHing their hands of the sustainability question: ICAI’s DFID WASH Review

DFID is now the largest donor for basic WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) services in low-income countries, investing over £700m…

Kate Fogelberg27/07/2016

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10 Years of the Scottish Government’s International Development Programme: Distinctive Role or ‘Me-Too’ Gesture?

The Springfield Centre, April 2016 Drawing from publicly available information, especially on its flagship initiative in Malawi, this paper examines…

Springfield Centre01/04/2016

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Give enterprise challenge funds a chance: isn’t 300 years enough time?

Around 18 months ago I was part of a peer review panel to a project led by Robin Davies and…

David Elliott02/03/2016

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Muhammad Yunus is wrong about off grid solar (say Ceniarth LLC our guest soapboxers!)

To quote from the piece below “constructive criticism is sorely absent from most dialogue on impact investment.” So, to encourage…

Ceniarth LLC15/02/2016

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The Moral Philosophy of Systemic Change

As a break from bluff and bluster, I thought I might retreat in this soapbox to a bit of moral…

Ben Taylor04/06/2015

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Fiddling While Rome Burns

Let’s stop this. No really, let’s stop it. I’m not the first to say this. Indeed, it’s not the first…

Ben Taylor22/05/2015

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Review: Growing Prosperity vs Beyond the Pioneer

Introduction Working with the private sector in support of improved development outcomes is now widely accepted as a valid approach.…

Karen Smith13/04/2015

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Standing up and Being Counted

What’s the point in having a trumpet if you can’t give it the occasional toot? So, play on... Springfield recently…

Springfield Centre31/03/2015

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Response to “Disgusted of North Yorkshire …..”

Dear Disgusted of North Yorkshire, We all have a lot to learn from our children. Here’s one story that might…

Springfield Centre10/03/2015

Matters for Debate

Jeopardy: I am helpful jargon in securing buy-in for data-based decision-making, effective programme delivery, and navigating the aid realpolitik A: What is Adaptive Management?

WASHing their hands of the sustainability question: ICAI’s DFID WASH Review

10 Years of the Scottish Government’s International Development Programme: Distinctive Role or ‘Me-Too’ Gesture?

Give enterprise challenge funds a chance: isn’t 300 years enough time?

Muhammad Yunus is wrong about off grid solar (say Ceniarth LLC our guest soapboxers!)

The Moral Philosophy of Systemic Change

Fiddling While Rome Burns

Review: Growing Prosperity vs Beyond the Pioneer

Standing up and Being Counted

Response to “Disgusted of North Yorkshire …..”

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