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Getting to scale : how to bring development solutions to millions of poor people / Laurence Chandy ... [and others], editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development projects--Developing countries.
- Economic development projects.
- Developing countries.
- Economic assistance--Developing countries.
- Economic assistance.
- Poverty--Developing countries.
- Poverty.
- Economic development--Developing countries.
- Economic development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The global development community is teeming with different ideas and interventions to improve the lives of the world's poorest people. Whether these succeed in having a transformative impact depends not just on their individual brilliance but on whether they can be brought to a scale where they reach millions of poor people. Getting to Scale explores what it takes to expand the reach of development solutions beyond an individual village or pilot program so they serve poor people everywhere. Each chapter documents one or more contemporary case studies, which together provide a body of evidence on how scale can be pursued. The book suggests that the challenge of scaling up can be divided into two solutions: financing interventions at scale, and managing delivery to large numbers of beneficiaries. Neither governments, donors, charities, nor corporations are usually capable of overcoming these twin challenges alone, indicating that partnerships are key to success. Scaling up is mission critical if extreme poverty is to be vanquished in our lifetime. Getting to Scale provides an invaluable resource for development practitioners, analysts, and students on a topic that remains largely unexplored and poorly understood. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Overview : the challenge of reaching scale / Laurence Chandy, Akio Hosono, Homi Kharas, and Johannes Linn
- 2. Why business models matter / Michael Kubzansky
- 3. From scaled-up budgets to scaled-up impact : a decade of rising foreign aid in review / Laurence Chandy
- 4. Scaling up impact : vertical funds and innovative governance / David Gartner and Homi Kharas
- 5. Incentives and accountability for scaling up / Johannes F. Linn
- 6. Angel investments : enterprise solutions to scale / Chris West
- 7. Scaling up through disruptive business models : the inside story of mobile money in Kenya / Pauline Vaughan, Wolfgang Fengler, and Michael Joseph
- 8. Meeting the demand of the poor : two cases of business-led scaling up at the base of the pyramid / Hiroshi Kato and Akio Hosono
- 9. Scaling up south-south cooperation through triangular cooperation : the Japanese experience / Akio Hosono
- 10. Institutional challenges to scaling up learning in Kenya / Tessa Bold...et. al.
- 11. Scaling up in education : school-based management in Niger / Shunichiro Honda and Hiroshi Kato
- 12. Scaling up impact through public-private partnerships / Jane Nelson
- Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 01, 2013).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Getting to scale.
- ISBN:
- 9780815724209
- 0815724209
- Publisher Number:
- 99978837799
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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