Australian Development Gateway

The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Skip to content

ADG channels:

Information by sector: Governance

Sub navigation

ADG TOOLBOX

Lessons learned

Learning while doing: a 12-Step program for policy change (pdf 245kb)

This essay describes a variety of approaches and techniques that the Center for Global Development has used to achieve the improvement of rich-world policies and practices towards developing countries.

It outlines an emerging 12-step program that the Center's staff has applied successfully in a variety of policy contexts, with particular attention to how the Center has tracked the impact of these initiatives.

The essay concludes with suggestions for improving the field of policy advocacy impact evaluation more broadly.

 

Footer: