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EQUIP End of Project Review EQUIP2 Policy and Systems John Gillies November 8, 2011. Evolving Context and Questions . Washington consensus and international dialogue: Country-led rhetoric and new modalities Accountability, transparency, assessment
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EQUIP End of Project Review EQUIP2 Policy and Systems John Gillies November 8, 2011
Evolving Context and Questions Washington consensus and international dialogue: Country-led rhetoric and new modalities Accountability, transparency, assessment Trends: decentralization, community schools, SBM Evolving questions: • What works? • What is the recipe for scaling up and sustaining innovations • What modalities are most effective? Why were these questions so hard to answer? Why is the answer so unsatisfying?
What is the problem? The Questions Simple: What is the recipe? Complicated: What is the plan? OMG Complex Dynamic
Informing the future • Sustainability and scaling up requires sound interventions, but does not have a technical solution • Development is about people, relationships, trust, credibility These are earned – and not transferable. • USAID’s comparative advantage to accompany national leaders in solving hard problems. Respect! • Constructed Serendipity –create opportunities by investing in structures, processes, and leadership • Evaluate and measure the right things – not just the easy things. • Managing change – not change management
EQUIP2 2003 – 2012 • Research in education policy, systems, and management