Scaling Impact: Innovation for the Public Good

Cover
Praise
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
ABOUT THE COVER
Table of Contents
About the authors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
PART I: Scaling Science—an emerging paradigm
Introduction
Toward a new paradigm
Traditional scaling paradigms
Scaling impact
From research and innovation to impacts
that matter
Getting to R4D
Innovation is both invention
and improvement
Scaling is supplementary to ‘knowledge translation’
PART II: Four guiding principles for scaling impact for the public good
Chapter 2: On guiding principles
How to govern the complexity of scaling?
Guiding principles: collective creativity
Guiding principles for innovation
Guiding principles for scaling
Chapter 3: Guiding principle 1: Justification
Key concepts
Introduction
Scaling is a choice that must be justified
Justification is informed by evidence alongside values
The choice to scale is shared
Justification in practice
Conclusions
Chapter 4: Guiding principle 2: Optimal Scale
Key concepts
Introduction
More is not necessarily better
Collection of impacts
A holistic view of optimal scale
Conclusions
Chapter 5: Guiding principle 3: Coordination
Key concepts
Introduction
The scaling system
Coordinating a scaling process
An evolving set of actors
Coordinating multiple innovations—a portfolio approach
Conclusions
Chapter 6: Guiding principle 4: Dynamic Evaluation
Key concepts
Introduction
Scaling is an intervention
Scaling effects
Dynamic evaluation is a stance, not a methodology
Conclusions
PART III: Case studies
Chapter 7: Scaling Ecohealth for Chagas disease prevention in Central America
Chagas disease
The Ecohealth intervention
Insights from scaling
Chapter 8: Scaling access to justice for survivors of sexual violence
An action-based research project to improve access to justice
Insights from scaling access to justice through delivery mechanisms for survivors
Scaling a Survivor Centric Approach:
three main strategies
Chapter 9: Scaling salt reduction policies and programmes in Latin America
Scaling salt reduction policies in Latin America
Insights from scaling
Chapter 10: Scaling Southern policy research to a global level: Southern Voice
Scaling Southern policy influence to a
global level
The development of Southern Voice
Insights from scaling
Chapter 11: Scaling a nutrition intervention on the market: promoting locally fortified sunflower oil using e-vouchers
Vitamin A deficiency and unrefined oil fortification
Insights from scaling
Overcoming barriers to scaling
Effectively leveraging e-vouchers
PART IV: Pathways to scale
Chapter 12: Pathways to scale
Pathways to scale
Navigation approaches
Practical illustrations
Making practical work of Pathways to Scale and Navigation Approaches
PART V: Moving forward
Chapter 13: Advancing a science of scaling
Appendix: methods note
Overarching approach
Study protocol
Endnotes
Acronyms and abbreviations
List of figures and tables
References
Index