[vc_row gap=”10″][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] Preface The Scaling Community of Practice (CoP) launched an action research initiative on mainstreaming scaling in funder organizations in January 2023. This initiative has three purposes: to inform the CoP members and the wider development community of…
[vc_row gap=”10″][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] Introduction The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed upon unanimously in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are due to be achieved by 2030. However, progress has been too slow and incomplete, with recent events…
[vc_row gap=”10″][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] Introduction ‘Localisation’ and ‘scale’ – two of the most dominant themes in recent development debates – are born of separate but related frustrations with the legacy and architecture of international development. In localisation’s case, this frustration begins…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reposted from A concerted push to achieve the SDGs needs a practical scaling approach, 10/5/2023, To achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs), we need a concerted push to scale In their recent opinion piece, Shameran Abed and Esther Duflo argue…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Summary At the Gleneagles Summit in 2005, leaders of the G8 group of nations committed to increase aid to poor nations by $50 billion per year. During the same year, in a meeting in Paris, donors promised to coordinate…
Abstract The international community risks falling substantially short in its efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement climate targets by 2030. Efforts to reach the goals have focused on raising more financial resources, on tracking…
[vc_row gap=”10″][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text] Introduction Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Scaling Community of Practice (CoP) entered into a strategic and financial agreement regarding a joint action-research initiative on “Mainstreaming the Scaling Agenda in Development Funder Organizations” to be implemented…
[vc_row gap=”10″][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1749486348030{margin-top: 0px !important;}”] Introduction The international development community is increasingly paying attention to the need to sustainably scale development impact.[1] One indicator of this growing interest is the rapid increase in the membership of the Scaling Community…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”9842″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]The full article was originally posted on the OECD Development Matters site. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C necessitates radical, quick and large-scale transformations, as echoed throughout the IPCC’s 1.5°C Special Report. The same is true for achieving the…
