Abstract Funder practices significantly shape the ability of recipients—primarily implementing organizations in the Global South—to achieve sustainable outcomes at...
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Mainstreaming Scaling in Funder Organizations: A Policy Brief
Richard Kohl, , Announcement, CoP Reports, Mainstreaming Working Group, MS-SummaryThis policy brief presents a summary of results from the first year of a two-year action-research initiative on mainstreaming...
Mainstreaming Scaling in Funder Organizations: An Interim Synthesis Report
Richard Kohl, , Announcement, CoP Reports, Mainstreaming Working Group, MS-SummaryThe pursuit of sustainable development and climate impact at scale – or scaling, for short – has been receiving...
Abstract Development effectiveness by governments and development funders requires that their actions result in sustainable impact at scale, i.e.,...
Mainstreaming Scaling: Funders’ Role in Scaling Education Innovation
Larry Cooley, , CoP Reports, Mainstreaming Working Group, MS-CaseStudyPreface The Scaling Community of Practice (CoP) launched an action research initiative on mainstreaming scaling in funder organizations in...
By Larry Cooley and Johannes F. Linn Reposted from Localisation and scaling: Two movements and a nexus Introduction ‘Localisation’...
Intermediation in the replication of RUDI
Larry Cooley, , Blog Post, Social Enterprise Working GroupIntroduction In 2004, SEWA in Gujarat established the Rural Urban Distribution Initiative (RUDI), one of its most successful enterprises....
The Broken Part of the Business Model in Taking Development Outcomes to Scale
Larry Cooley, , Blog Post, Social Enterprise Working GroupIt’s as if someone suddenly flipped a switch. Discussions about scale and scaling, previously considered esoteric topics, now appear...
Mainstreaming the Scaling Agenda in Development Funder Organizations: A Progress Report
Larry Cooley, , CoP Reports, MS-SummaryIntroduction Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Scaling Community of Practice (CoP) entered into a strategic and financial...
Mainstreaming the Scaling Agenda in Development Funder Organizations: A Review
Larry Cooley, , CoP Reports, MS-BackgroundIntroduction The international development community is increasingly paying attention to the need to sustainably scale development impact. One indicator...