Few, RogerBendapudi, RamkumarMensah, AdelinaSpear, Dian2019-01-032019-01-032016Few, R., Bendapudi. R., Mensah, A. and Spear, D. 2016. Transformation in adaptation: learning from ASSAR’s Regional Diagnostic Studies. CARIAA-ASSAR Working Paper. International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada and UK Aid, London, United Kingdom. Available online at: www.assaradapt.orghttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/57422This series is based on work funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) through the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA).This paper commences with a background discussion of the terms associated with transformation, draws on this to build a conceptual framework for comparing activities, highlights a range of activities from the regions that could be classified in different ways as embodying transformation, and reflects on some of their implications and complexities.application/pdfenTRANSFORMATIONCLIMATIC/ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGEOSLO CONFERENCE 2013REGIONAL DIAGNOSTIC STUDIESSEMI-ARID REGIONSWorking Paper