This research and evidence paper presents a synthesis of the findings from the embedded theory-based evaluation of the CLARISSA programme….
Evaluation and Learning
Opening the Black Box of Participatory Action Research in Response to the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Nepal and Bangladesh
How, for whom, and under what conditions does Participatory Action Research (PAR) generate innovation to tackle the drivers of the…
4 ways Participatory Adaptive Management practices helped respond to the worst forms of child labour
Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) is a recently completed evidence and innovation-generation programme, responding to the…
Bridging Learning and Action: How Did CLARISSA’s Participatory Adaptive Management Approach Foster Innovation, Effectiveness, and Stakeholder Empowerment?
Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) is an evidence and innovation-generation programme funded by the United Kingdom’s…
Child labour programme in Bangladesh highlights key learnings to government
On the 6th of March, CLARISSA Bangladesh held the final dissemination event, “From Evidence to Action: Collaborating to Combat Child…
Bridging worlds with evidence-based, child-led advocacy in South Asia
For the last two days, I’ve been in Bhutan, attending a regional consultation with children and young people from six…
Breaking free from the theory of change straight jacket
There is weak evidence of what leads children into worst forms of child labour (WFCL) and many responses simply don’t…
Causal analysis with working children, the CLARISSA experience
The pathways through which children end up in the worst forms of child labour are multifaceted, uncertain and not well…
Why are effective feedback mechanisms in cash transfers so important?
The CLARISSA Social Protection Intervention was set us as an innovative social policy intervention for tackling social ills, with a…
Collective sense making of evaluation research data in CLARISSA using the River of Life
A challenge that we face in such a large and complex programme as CLARISSA is the amount of evaluation and…