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IMC is an international development consultancy that partners with local communities, governments, international development agencies, NGOs, and the private sector to address some of the world’s primary development challenges. On "Theories of Change" we discuss international development themes and projects with colleagues and external experts and how they work to improve the lives of those in low and middle-income countries.

16/07/2018

Climate Change Adaptation and Innovation Prizes with Madhav Karki

The Adaptation at Scale Prize Project (A@SPP) is an ongoing project under the overall Ideas to Impact (I2I) programme. This project uses financial incentives, in the form of cash awards, to stimulate and sustain transformational change in Nepalese society. Most of the project's activities involve working with already identified development and adaptation practitioners. Thus, we seek to maximize the benefit to the poor, vulnerable and deprived population by improving their capacity, skills, and knowledge in adapting to climate change in Nepal. We spoke to project Team Leader, Madhav Karki in Kathmandu about what is climate change adaptation, its place in Nepal and the challenges of running a prize in the international development context.

31 min
10/04/2018

The importance of trade and investment as drivers of development

On today’s episode we are going to be looking at the importance of trade and investment to drive economic growth and alleviate poverty in low-income countries. Recently, donors, including the UK Department for International Development, have placed an increasing emphasis on trade and investment over aid. Is this shift in approach proving to work? What are the main benefits and challenges? Can trade and investment reduce reliance on aid in the long term and reduce poverty? We speak to Susan Haird, an Associate Director for our Trade & Investment unit. In her last post, Susan was Deputy Chief Executive of UK Trade and Investment, now the Department for International Trade. Blog post http://www.imcworldwide.com/news/how-can-imc-help-countries-and-firms-boost-investment-and-trade-through-development-aid/

14 min
27/02/2018

Innovation and frontier technologies in development

Innovation has become a big buzzword in the international development space with donors looking to fund programmes that use the latest technology or ideas to help the world’s poorest. But what is innovation and what are the advantages and potential limitations and problems these methods can bring? How can donors/implementers think through these issues? Today's guests: Lea Simpson (@leasimpson) is a business leader, trained coach and tech optimist with experience in brand, technology, commerce and design thinking and founder of the consultancy Brink (@hellobrink). She is also the Team Leader for the DFID-funded Frontier Technology Livestreaming programme. Bojan Božović is a Principal Consultant and Project Manager of Frontier Technology Livestreaming at IMC Worldwide. Links: https://medium.com/frontier-technology-livestreaming https://www.hellobrink.co

22 min
16/01/2018

The challenges of evaluating research impact

On today’s episode we are going to be looking at the challenges of evaluating research and communicating that information to decision makers. Development programmes and research generate lots of data and information and recommendations but what does that data mean? Was it rigorously obtained? How was it produced? And leading on from that how do we use this information to influence policy and future development programmes to make a bigger impact? Our guests are Megan Lloyd-Laney (@MeganLLoydLaney) of Comms Consult and Dr Tamsin Bradley of the University of Portsmouth. Learn more: http://www.researchtoaction.org/ http://www.whatworks.co.za/

24 min
17/08/2017

Innovation prizes for development: Can they work?

A discussion with Jonty Slater, innovation expert and prize lead of the Ideas to Impact programme. We look at the different kinds of innovation prizes currently being used in the development space and how this format may lead to new solutions.

16 min
02/08/2017

KPIs in international development

Key performance indicators, or KPIs, have a long history in business and industry. But as international aid is subject to demands for increased accountability, transparency, and better value for money, KPIs are finding increasing use among international development agencies like the UK Department for International Development. In this episode, Sajid Chowdhury chats with Matt Spannagle, an independent climate change and development consultant who has worked in over 50 countries. He is a leading climate change advisor with experience with multiple donors and aid agencies implementing climate change policies. Article http://www.imcworldwide.com/news/why-are-kpis-important-in-international-development/

20 min

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IMC is an international development consultancy that partners with local communities, governments, international development agencies, NGOs, and the private sector to address some of the world’s primary development challenges. On "Theories of Change" we discuss international development themes and projects with colleagues and external experts and how they work to improve the lives of those in low and middle-income countries.

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IMC Worldwide
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2017 - 2018
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6
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Theories of Change

Theories of Change

Episodes

Climate Change Adaptation and Innovation Prizes with Madhav Karki

The importance of trade and investment as drivers of development

Innovation and frontier technologies in development

The challenges of evaluating research impact

Innovation prizes for development: Can they work?

KPIs in international development

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