As it faces the current development finance crisis, the development community is looking for diversified funding sources, including domestic resources, private investment, and charitable giving. However, the crisis also demands that we focus intensively on spending the available resources effectively, and in particular that development initiatives are structured to support long-term sustainable impact at scale. This, in turn, requires aligning innovation, investment projects, and policy reform to support resilient, locally-owned, and eventually self-sustaining scaling pathways (as documented in an earlier 3ie blog).
Scaling Up Urban Service Delivery through Collaboration: Lessons from Asivikelane’s Evolving Approach in South Africa
Brendan Halloran
April 14, 2026
What does it take to scale responsive public services in communities that governments have long neglected? This case examines that question through the experience of
