CDA Perspectives Blog
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The CDA Perspectives Blog is maintained by CDA Collaborative Learning Projects (CDA). It is intended to share reflections, present information and provoke debate and conversation. On the blog, we share personal experiences of working towards improving impacts of interventions in contexts of conflict and fragility, and findings from collaborative learning projects. In most cases, we discuss issues related to CDA’s practice areas. In addition to our staff contributors, we invite colleagues and partners to share their experiences, and host blog post series.
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How IDP Feedback Improved Programing
Share this article In order to ensure the effectiveness of international aid, agencies must systematically listen to and meaningfully engage people that they aim to support in decisions that affect their lives. Drawing from Time to...
Is there Proof that “People Talking to People” Yields Tangible Results?
Share this article “People talking to people is still how the world’s standards change” - claims a New-Yorker article Slow Ideas in answer to the question: How can you speed up innovations that aren’t spreading fast enough? The...
Do No Harm at your Fingertips
Share this article The Germans have a word for it: Fingerspitzengefühl - fingertip feel. The seemingly intuitive understanding of a changing context that allows for rapid, good decision making in the face of uncertainty. When we use...
Lens and Filter
Share this article In our field of humanitarianism and development, we often use the concept of a lens to discuss various themes we have determined are important. We refer to a gender lens or a human rights lens or a conflict lens. A...
Do No Harm is Three Things
Share this article Do No Harm is three things. It is a principle. It is a project. It is a practice.The principle is thousands of years old. Simply, it states that if you are trying to do good, you should make sure you do not cause...
Did You Hear Someone Say “Resolution” in Lebanon?
The CDA Perspectives Blog by CDA Collaborative Learning Projects Share this article I have been working in the field of peace and conflict in Lebanon for the past 7 years– teaching, training and listening. One of the main challenges...
The Point of Listening
Paring the Edges of Information and Communication Technologies
Share this article Data can be intimidating. In today’s world, information and communication technologies (ICTs) represent the tools to amass information in multiple forms – from numerical, to narrative, to visual. In...
A Story of Giving
Share this article On June 12, 2013, The Listening Program participated in a discussion as a Thought Partner for the emerging initiative known as the Global Partnership for Community Philanthropy. During the discussion, Mirza Jahani,...
Best Practices
Share this article CDA has supported thousands of people in their pursuit of better aid practice. From CDA we have learned the importance of carefully analyzing our actions and behaviors in every context. We’ve learned that “doing no...
Listening Leads to Better Outcomes
Share this article A recent article in the Spring 2013 edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review on Listening to Those Who Matter Most, the Beneficiaries captures many of the same challenges and opportunities we highlight in...
Evidence – Is it in the Eye of the Beholder?
Share this article In the last week, the Listening Program has been immersed in discussions about what is evidence and how it is used in decision-making. In the current push for better evidence, including the use of randomized...