Effectiveness in Practice : What it Means and How it is Implemented by Four Development Agencies 2025.12. / Beata Cichocka, Sara Casadevall Bellés, and Rachael Calleja

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Introduction
Methodology
  Scope and limitations
Results by case: How do agencies understand their effectiveness today?
  AFD
  KOICA
  Norad
  New Zealand’s MFAT
Results across dimensions
  Flexibility and adaptability
  Allocation
  Cost-effectiveness
  Organizational design
  Implementation of global effectiveness norms and principles
  Key takeaway: While the effectiveness dimensions are interdependent and can be mutually reinforcing, strategic tensions make it difficult to prioritize all at once
Implications for the future of effective practice
Conclusion
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