A decade ago, a significant trend in using and supporting open practices emerged in international development. “Open development” describes initiatives as wide-ranging as open government and data, open science, open ...

The Open and Collaborative Science for Development (OCSDNet) project is a network of research institutions with limited staff time and resources. The DECI-2 team (Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information ...

This critical review of the designs, impacts and markers of quality of six literacy interventions offers insights into the strengths and weaknesses of fixed and open approaches to literacies-learning. The detailed study ...

This DECI-2 (Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research) case study reviews mentorship provided to the research team at EAFIT University, focusing on strategies for better communication ...

Les applications de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) exerceront une incidence profonde sur les sociétés des pays à faible revenu et pays à revenu intermédiaire (PFR-PRI), tant positivement que négativement. L’intelligence ...

This report contributes workshop findings on readiness for building an evaluation culture: At the heart of evaluation work is learning-by-doing, or experiential learning; when evaluation users are engaged in deciding what ...

The distinct and innovative characteristics of open processes render some concepts of accountability inadequate. This article compares three purposes and perspectives on accountability for their relevance to open development ...

The project consisted of three components; research, capacity building and dissemination. The research component consisted of conducting systematic reviews (SRs) on topics related to development. The capacity-building ...

This series of case studies emerged from an action-research project entitled Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI-2). The predecessor Developing Evaluation Capacity in ICTD ...

Applied to the fields of participatory research, communication for development, and evaluation, this paper is a reflection on teaching communication thinking and how it can be done. Known as ‘practical wisdom’ or phronēsis ...