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Leakey bucket.

ABCD and Economic Development

Hi Charles, i was just saying that in my experience the leaky bucket is particularly useful in more of a closed neighourhood or village setting. But it still is a valuable tool for the reasons mentioned.

Data About the Effective Use of ABCD by Cities and Non-Profits in the US

Data, Evaluation, and Research

Hi, im new to the forum. This thread caught my eye as its something out organization has struggled to get our head around. Appreciate all the earlier comments which highlight the dilemma of doing M&E from an ABCD perspective. Ill share some of our experience for what its worth.

The evaluative process obviously must be community led, but as Philip mentions it needs to be connected to program goals...so that can be problematic. Since our process of activating ABCD Dev't in communities highlights local vision and ownership we cant determine which direction the local initiative might take. (in other words we cant focus evaluation on specific indicators health, education. etc...) The common denominator is a bit vague but important nonethless, and that is community change. So, after about one year individuals community members are asked : What change has occured? the interviewer is trained to ask a broad representation from the community, even those uninvolved in the initiative. When asked by local community members there is less pressure to provide a positive answer. Although this process seems a bit unimpressive from a technical M&E /western perspective it does provide some raw material that is uncoerced, less biased and often gets to the core of the issues. From this qualitative data it is then possible to glean numbers that can be aggregated into qualitative data for the purposes of evaluating success and communicating with donors. We ve got a ways to go on that part.

Just a few thoughts...its a work in progress, so very intersted to hear more from others. Thanks!  

Leakey bucket.

ABCD and Economic Development

Charles i find the leaky bucket works best in a village or neighbourhood context where the people live in more of a defined geographical space. However to answer the second part of your question, it should nonethleless be helpful for the community to understand their economic context which will bring to light the various opportunities that exist. So that could be an abundance of unused assets, a missing link in the supply chain, a service opportunity etc. Out of curiosity, where are you working?

ABCD Thailand

Connect Locally

Wondering if anyone is practicing ABCD in N. Thailand / Laos?

updated by @jamie-munday: 10/24/16 04:45:18PM