What makes Adaptive Management actually work in practice?
Graham Teskey
26 February 2018
It is the flexibility of TWP-informed programming that usually attracts most attention. Many words are used interchangeably and uncritically: flexible, responsive, adaptive, agile, nimble etc. TWP emphasises responsiveness and adaptation. In the programs that I have worked on recently, it is adaptation that poses the major challenges to TWP: the ability to change course as implementation proceeds.
#PublicAuthority: The Political Marketplace: Analyzing Political Entrepreneurs and Political Bargaining with a Business Lens
Alex De Waal
31 January 2018
Alex De Waal demonstrates how the political marketplace framework helps explain four enduring puzzles in contemporary Africa and the Greater Middle East.
What did I learn in Myanmar about what Adaptive Programming actually looks like?
Duncan Green
14 December 2017
I’m still processing a fascinating week in Myanmar. Along with aid programming guru Angela Christie, I was exploring what ‘adaptive management’ looks like on the ground, and how it compares to all the fine-sounding stuff repeated endlessly in aid seminars around the world.
Supporting local learning and adaptation – Unpacking the effectiveness of adaptive processes
Michael Moses and Sue Soal
12 December 2017
When it comes to improving the effectiveness of governance reform efforts, there is an emerging consensus on the importance of local ownership, as well as growing interest in the potential and applicability of adaptive programming. Despite this, many donors and multilaterals continue to employ linear, compliance-driven project and program management frameworks. As a result, implementers and local partners are often limited in the extent to which they can reflect, learn, and adapt as they navigate the complex political contexts in which they work.
Pep Guardiola’s lessons for the politics of development
Tim Kelsall (ODI/University of Manchester)
19 August 2016
