implementation – Heather E. Lanthorn

Learning by asking: a modest proposal to engage those who did the doing

This post was originally published at Innovations for Poverty Action. it represents an effort to follow-through on some themes I have raised before and hope to continue to raise. Most development interventions are carried out and delivered by local research staff and residents. Such implementation is rarely a straightforward ‘technical’ operation but, rather, there isContinueContinue reading “Learning by asking: a modest proposal to engage those who did the doing”

implementation / a ban on new ideas in India

not a lot of time to write on my own blog but here’s one that i wrote for 3ie based on the recent #3ievalconf in Delhi, Measuring Results.

P4P, habits, context, process

Mark Nichter and Prascilla Magrath (hereafter, M&N) have a nice new paper on pay-for-performance (P4P), stating that “understanding the processes by which P4P targets are reached demands a reorientation… towards an understanding of motivation as a component within a complex adaptive social system.” (Complex systems are so hot right now!) the paper is worth reading inContinueContinue reading “P4P, habits, context, process”