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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. Mary Muntari collects water from a stream in Kachia, in Kaduna State Nigeria
    Mary Muntari collects water from a stream in Kachia, in Kaduna State Nigeria

    License: ODI given rights
    Credit: Kate Holt/IRIN
    Source: IRIN

    Climate risk screening for rural water supply in Ethiopia

    Projects - December 2012 to April 2013

    The purpose of this project is to develop a risk assessment methodology that can be used to assess the threat posed by climate change on rural water supplies, and suggest steps to minimise or mitigate such risks. The approach will examine risks along the supply chain, from resource, to source and end user, and look at how rural water supplies planning might be better integrated with groundwater recharge and watershed protection measures.

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  2. Walking through maze
    Walking through maze

    A boy walks through a grass maze
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: ailatan
    Source: Flickr

    Methods' lab: building relevant and timely tools for impact evaluation and assessment

    Projects - September 2012 to September 2016

    Policymakers and donor agencies are under increasing pressure to justify public spending on social and economic development programmes.  In response, there has been a substantial investment over the last few years on rigorous impact evaluations, focusing on quantitative data gathered through experimental or quasi-experimental methods, particularly randomised control trials.

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  3. ‘Knowledge Policy and Power in International Development: A Practical Guide’ – European Book Launch

    Event - Public event - 1 May 2012 17:00 - 19:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

    On 1st May ODI will officially launch a new practical book focused on understanding how knowledge, policy and power interact to promote or prevent change in international development. This launch event provides an opportunity to discuss the book's findings and recommendations with experts from the Global South and North, as well as consider ways in which these aspects can be taken forward practically.

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  4. Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF) series: ‘Demanding accountability from the bottom-up: examining what works, what does not work, and why'

    Event - Public event - 21 March 2012 - 31 January 2013

    This series comprises six discussions around the theme of ‘Demanding accountability from the bottom-up: examining what works, what does not work, and why'. The series reflects on the four years of implementing Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF) programmes such as Mwananchi in various parts of the world.

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  8. The Alignment, Interest and Influence Matrix (AIIM) guidance note

    Publication - Toolkits - 9 November 2010
    Enrique Mendizabal
    In 2007, on the eve of a workshop to introduce a new version of the RAPID approach to DFID policy teams, Enrique Mendizabal and Ben Ramalingam created the Alignment, Interest and Influence Matrix (AIIM), a stakeholder analysis tool that not only helps to identify key stakeholders, but also suggests a possible course of action towards them.
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  10. Communities of practice: Linking knowledge, policy and practice

    Publication - Discussion papers - 23 November 2009
    Simon Hearn and Nancy White

    This paper describes the basic characteristics of CoPs and provides a rationale for their growing importance in international development. It also suggests some ways in which CoPs can be supported by development agencies, research institutes and donors to strengthen the linkages between knowledge, policy and practice.

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