Resources & Ideas
The Governance Action Hub gathers ideas and knowledge resources from across the world highlighting new insights that help to push the envelope of governance reform.
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The Governance Action Spotlights showcase diverse local governance efforts and initiatives globally. We also highlight innovative and transformative work happening at the grassroots level, in order to foster a broader understanding and appreciation for effective governance practices worldwide.
Featured Resources and Ideas
Designing & Facilitating Collaborative Learning Networks: A Toolkit
Toolkit | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Understanding how you can use to help coalitions solve problems together, design learning activities that focus on drawing out expertise of local...
The Audacity Deficit in Natural Resource Governance
Paper | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Understanding the insights that informed the concept and the design of the Governance Action Hub.
Making Colombia’s energy transition a just one for all: 4 lessons from the Governance Action Hub
Blog | The Governance Action Hub aims to convene and put local change agents in the driver’s seat to analyze local challenges, co-create solutions and take action collectively. In March...
Ideas
Emerging thoughts from the Governance trenches. Here, we collect blogs published by the Hub’s team and other thought leaders.
State Capture Matters: Challenging corruption and a new dataset
Blog | Editor’s note: The following blog is part of the Governance Action Hub initiatives to use evidence and data for action in one of its core themes: state capture...
Strengthening local coalitions for change: What’s next for the Governance Action Hub?
Blog | A few weeks ago, the R4D-led Governance Action Hub hosted its official launch event. Since then, the team has been preparing for initial country-level engagements and designing a...
Making Colombia’s energy transition a just one for all: 4 lessons from the Governance Action Hub
Blog | The Governance Action Hub aims to convene and put local change agents in the driver’s seat to analyze local challenges, co-create solutions and take action collectively. In March...
Tools and Toolkits
These are collections of insight and how-to information that inform the way the Governance Action Hub and partners promote governance reform.
Human Learning Systems: A practical guide for the curious
Tool | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: A new approach to public services that focuses on learning, experimentation, and system change rather than traditional management models. This guide is...
The Strategy Testing Workbook: Politically-Smart Adaptive Programming in Complex Environments
Tool | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Strategies to design and implement responsive good governance programs that can adapt to a changing landscape.
Collaborative Learning Networks Measurement & Learning Framework
READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Understanding how to measure the impact of collaborative learning networks in driving systems change through peer-to-peer learning.
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All Resources and Ideas
Rethinking the role and strategies of think tanks
Blog | This article was part of the publication of the 2024 On Think Tanks State of the Sector Report. Explore the report and resources here.
USAID Local Systems Position Paper
Paper | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: A short and concise presentation of approaches in systems thinking and systems practice that can help strengthen and further embed these mindsets...
Human Learning Systems: A practical guide for the curious
Tool | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: A new approach to public services that focuses on learning, experimentation, and system change rather than traditional management models. This guide is...
Making the energy transition in Colombia a just one: A political economy analysis and collective ideas for action
Paper | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Understanding how political economy analysis can be applied to support equitable energy transitions, particularly in emerging markets. This resource is particularly relevant...
Building Energy Communities: Collaborative efforts for a just transition
Blog | Editor’s note: The Governance Action Hub is evaluating how it can add value to existing local initiatives in Colombia to improve governance and enhance citizen participation, as well...
Harnessing local systems: A participatory approach to Just Energy Transition in Colombia
Blog | Editor’s note: The Governance Action Hub is currently assessing how to add value to existing local efforts towards energy transition in Colombia, with a focus on justice and...
The Strategy Testing Workbook: Politically-Smart Adaptive Programming in Complex Environments
Tool | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: Strategies to design and implement responsive good governance programs that can adapt to a changing landscape.
Not influential but useful: rethinking how we assess and support think tanks
READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN:Understanding the true role of think tanks and how their contributions extend beyond direct policy influence.
State Capture Matters: A research article and associated dataset and index
Paper | READ THIS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN: The dynamics of state capture, its impact on governance, and how it differs from traditional corruption, especially in the context of policy...
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