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		<title>Official Views, Doing the Wrong Thing &#8216;Righter&#8217;, and the World Bank Presidency</title>
		<link>http://aidontheedge.info/2012/03/05/official-views-doing-the-wrong-thing-righter-and-the-world-bank-presidency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a lot of interest in the imminent vacancy of World Bank President, with numerous suggestions of qualified individuals who should be on the list. This post looks at one particular aspect of the role which seems to be missing from most of this debate, and which should be high on the list of criteria [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=2510&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook, social media and the complexity of influence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Influence is a complex process in the development sector. We have known this for some time &#8211; the work of the RAPID programme at ODI on understanding how evidence influences policy is very clear on this. But the wider socio-economic system within which development cooperation is embedded is no less difficult to influence.  Many corporations, especially [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=2486&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State fragility as a wicked problem?</title>
		<link>http://aidontheedge.info/2012/02/15/state-fragility-as-a-wicked-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fragile states are growing in importance on the development and humanitarian  agenda. One of the most concrete outcomes of last years aid summit in Busan was the New Deal for fragile states. Most major donors are looking to increase their presence and effort in fragile states, and implementing agencies are having to work out what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=2471&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USAID&#8217;s Complexity Journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week saw a remarkable meeting in Washington, bringing together USAID staff with scientists and practitioners working on complex systems. This post reflects on the event and outlines some of the emerging lessons. Background There have been a number of meetings on the topic of complexity and development in different locations around the world in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=2345&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Complexity of Scaling Up</title>
		<link>http://aidontheedge.info/2011/10/03/the-complexity-of-scaling-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite increased prominence and funding of global health initiatives, attempts to scale up health services in developing countries are failing, with serious implications for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. A new paper argues that a key first step is to get a more realistic understanding of health systems, using the lens of complex adaptive systems. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=2308&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Results 2.0: Towards a portfolio-based approach</title>
		<link>http://aidontheedge.info/2011/06/30/results-2-0-towards-a-portfolio-based-approach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The international development sector has been in a tug of war around the &#8216;results agenda&#8217; for the past few months. This post explores the tensions and suggests a way to bring the sides together by focusing on the relevance and appropriateness of different approaches.* I: The Results Tug of War Development results is one of many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=2240&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Six Theories of Policy Change</title>
		<link>http://aidontheedge.info/2011/04/20/six-theories-of-policy-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us working in foreign aid struggle with the idea of theories of change. The ubiquitous logical framework has an implicit theory of change that we recognise to be flawed, or at the very least, extremely limited. But alternatives are thin and often poorly articulated. A new briefing from Organisation Research Services sets out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=2168&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Q&amp;A on Positive Deviance, Innovation and Complexity</title>
		<link>http://aidontheedge.info/2011/02/08/a-qa-on-positive-deviance-innovation-and-complexity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Positive deviance (PD) is a fascinating approach, a decade and a half old, and the focus of growing interest in health, education and numerous other sectors in domestic public policy. Interestingly, given PD saw first widespread application in an aid programme, it is still less well known than it should be across the international community. This post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=1030&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Results Agenda Doesn&#8217;t Need Results, and What To Do About It</title>
		<link>http://aidontheedge.info/2011/01/31/why-the-results-agenda-doesnt-need-results-and-what-to-do-about-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update 01/02/2011: the first evaluation cited is specific to UN agencies, the second to donors. Have also clarified the specific references in the UN report. Thanks to Michael Keizer for pointing this out. One of the recurring themes of this blog is the idea that aid agencies need to become more flexible and responsive, both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=1776&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How do you solve a problem like Malaria?</title>
		<link>http://aidontheedge.info/2011/01/27/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-malaria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Ramalingam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big thanks to Alanna Shaikh and Bill Brieger for feedback and comments. Debates about malaria eradication in the aid blogosphere, along with recent scientific evidence, highlight the urgent need to improve our understanding of the complex dynamics of this terrible affliction and to use it to adapt ongoing eradication programmes. A nearly hopeless case? According [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aidontheedge.info&#038;blog=10132762&#038;post=1742&#038;subd=aidontheedge&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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