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17 February 2020
Published by: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Adaptive management (AM) is a programme management approach that helps international development organisations to become more...
25 January 2019
Published by: IDS
Over the past two decades the digital revolution has ushered in transformative changes to the ways we communicate and organise, with many cascading effects across social, economic and political spheres.
30 November 2018
Published by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Ninety per cent of all data ever created has been produced in the past two years. This includes data generated by people as well as...
16 March 2017
Published by: IDS
The explosion in digital connectivity, globalisation and the rapid growth in digital technologies over the last two decades has revolutionised the way that businesses perform and compete globally.
1 January 2017
Published by: IDS
Development projects don’t always work as planned. This has long been acknowledged by those in the sector, and has led to several approaches that seek to solve complex development problems through enabling and encouraging greater adaptiveness and learning within projects (e.g. Doing Development Differently and Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation).
13 December 2016
Published by: IDS
‘How does change happen?’ and ‘How should change happen and how can it be enabled?’ are key questions analysed in this IDS Bulletin, drawing on the Institute of Development Studies’ reflections on States, Markets and Society as a theme of its 50th Anniversary year.
8 December 2016
This article draws on contributions to the IDS 50th Anniversary Conference stream dedicated to citizen voice, agency and accountability...
1 November 2016
Published by: IDS
As new technologies and digital business models reshape economies and disrupt incumbencies, interest has surged in the potential of novel frontier technologies to also contribute to positive changes in international development and humanitarian contexts.
1 November 2016
Published by: IDS
The use of digital technologies has risen dramatically in the past century, building excitement among governments and technology experts about applying technology to improve accountability, transparency and the effectiveness of authorities.
1 November 2016
Published by: IDS
Striving for ‘environmental sustainability and resilience’ (ESR) is postulated as a crucial, universal and global challenge of the twenty-first century. Today, this challenge has to be addressed in a world that is dynamic in its societal, economic and political constituents, heightened by increased interconnectedness resulting from globalisation.