This 5-minute video from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and families. It describes the need to focus on building the capabilities of caregivers and strengthening the communities that together form the environment of relationships essential to children&#8217;s lifelong learning, health, and behaviour.
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This 5-minute video from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and families.

Building adult capabilities to improve child outcomes: A Theory of Change

The Medical Research Councils&#8217; framework is a framework for the development of effective, sustainable and scalable intervention design and evaluation for complex healthcare interventions. The framework has been criticized for not including theory-driven approaches to evaluation.
This article proposes a theory-driven approach to the design and evaluation of complex interventions by adapting and integrating Theory of Change into the MRC framework for complex interventions.
This approach was tested by using ToC within two randomized controlled trials and one non-randomized evaluation of complex interventions.
In conclusion, it was found that incorporating a ToC approach into the MRC framework holds promise for improving the design and evaluation of complex interventions, thereby increasing the likelihood that the intervention will be ultimately effective, sustainable and scalable.

The article proposes a theory-driven approach to the design and evaluation of complex interventions by adapting and integrating a programmatic design and evaluation tool, Theory of Change (ToC), into the medical framework for complex interventions.

Theory of Change: A theory-driven approach to enhance the medical research council’s framework for complex intervention

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Twaweza, meaning “we can make it happen” in Swahili, is a ten year initiative that seeks to enable people in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to improve their quality of life through a citizen-centred approach to development and public accountability. The document contains information on Twaweza&#8217;s Theory of Change.

A case study of Twaweza, which seeks to enable people in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to improve their quality of life through a citizen-centred approach to development and public accountability.