A New Book by IDRC Explores Scaling Approaches and Experience in Depth
The world is changing rapidly, and persistent problems like environmental degradation or accelerating inequality impact the entire global community and press us to do better for each other and our environment. For organizations and individuals working to tackle big social…
Update on J-PAL’s New Evidence to Policy Initiative and its Focus on Scaling
By The E2P team at [email protected] Well-designed randomized evaluations test theories and provide general insights about how programs designed to address poverty work. These insights, when combined with descriptive data and a deep understanding of the local context and institutions,…
Update on the Scaling Activities of CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)
A group of researchers from the CIMMYT, Jan Ubels from SNV Netherlands Development Organization, and Larry Cooley of Management Systems International, have been studying the process of scaling, to understand why successful (pilot) projects are no guarantee for success at…
Scaling Readiness: An Approach to Assess and Accelerate Scaling of Agri-Food Systems Innovations (IITA)
Scaling of agricultural, food and other livelihoods innovations is one of the biggest challenges for research and development organizations. One of the key problems is the lack of approaches that can facilitate evidence-based decision making on which activities and partnerships…
