This research and evidence paper presents a synthesis of the findings from the embedded theory-based evaluation of the CLARISSA programme….
Marina Apgar
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…
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…
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…
Applying the River of Life method to support reflection and learning in Terre des hommes Nepal
Initially, the CLARISSA programme used the River of Life (RoL) method in two evaluation analysis workshops which were facilitated by…
Using a ‘Partnership Rubric’ in Participatory Evaluations
Programmes that aim to tackle complex societal issues, such as the worst forms of child labour, require rich partnerships that…
Learning from Life Story Collection and Analysis With Children Who Work in the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Nepal
The CLARISSA Nepal team collected and analysed 400 life stories of children and young people engaged in or affected by…
Designing contribution analysis of participatory programming to tackle the worst forms of child labour
This Research and Evidence Paper presents the theory-based and participatory evaluation design of the Child Labour: Action-Research- Innovation in South…
Learning from life story collection and analysis with children who work in the leather sector in Bangladesh
In 2021 in Bangladesh, we collected 405 life stories from children living in Hazaribagh, Hemayetpur, Lalbagh, and Bhairab in Dhaka,…
Capacity Development in a Participatory Adaptive Programme: the Case of the Clarissa Consortium
Doing development differently rests on deliberate efforts to reflect and learn, not just about what programmes are doing and achieving,…