Excited for this today!

Thx Tom for these reflections - your mum and twin brother are more likely the norm, not the outliers, the evidence for intra-state differences in service delivery has been put down to the intrinsic motivation of public servants including in South Asia

Even this short version is an excellent deep dive into an extensive social accountability for health program!

Context affects effectiveness so "variation is something to be expected, not feared...The message in the evidence reviews generally is positive [Yet] null results terrify us". A discourse that is both farcical & tragic. Great piece by @traffyaston thomasmtaston.medium.com/tales-of-trium…

Congrats @traffyaston Florencia Guerzovich @guerzovich.bsky.social Alix Wadeson - for bold, evidence-based effort at explaining the value and possibilities in portfolio level MEL! World Bank Social Development World Bank Gov Global Partnership for Social Accountability A4EA Research The GFF Global Partnership for Education

Michael Amanda Glassman Charles Kenny Center for Global Development Thrive Africa Initiative Richard Youngs Carnegie Endowment Global Partnership for Education @communityleddev World Health Organization (WHO) Craig Burgess Sue Cant Dr Vicky Boydell Eric Sarriot #DIrvine put👇together evidence-brief for GHI donors to consider country based social accountability approaches during replenishment & funding commitments Oct 2019, still relevant gpsaknowledge.org/wp-content/upl…

At 6th Global Partnership for Social Accountability Global Partners Forum, JB discussed why social accountability contributed to health system strengthening in Sud-Kivu (DRC). Read his evaluation: bit.ly/39YebQu. Burundi, below, is a different story! World Bank Social Development World Bank Health COPASAH A4EA Research

Lots to learn for others in the transparency, accountability & participation field about findings from this research, also about research process itself For both "it all depends on the very things that we tend to ignore- trust, relationships, and connections" 👏Gunjan & team!!

It's also fantastic to see researchers FINALLY using the 2014 realist synthesis by Westhorp et al - the first study to look properly at the mechanisms underlying social accountability programs

Cross-national study on the effects of participatory budgeting finds that in countries where popular participation in the preparation and execution of the budget is greater, the allocation of resources in education is also greater buff.ly/3rx5jv9 #Demopart #opengov

Hear hear Brian!

For a 2022 in which the debate on how to support scale, considers how processes unfold in practice & iterates @traffyaston Brian Levy Sue Cant Paula Chies Schommer, I & other colleagues (CEDIL) identified a process that starts w/👇assumption Call it "resonance pathway"

Pathways to scale in social accountability Post 1 of 5 w/Tom Aston cutt.ly/lUtSAxl cc Brian Levy Michael David Jacobstein @_TomWingfield Alina Rocha Menocal Sam Waldock Not_that_PeterEvans Howard White CEDIL Global Partnership for Social Accountability Paula Chies Schommer Sue Cant R. Lynn

How to get social accountability at scale? 3 plausible pathways: #1-replicate best practice #2-trump opponents by leveraging 'resistance' #3-prioritize 'resonance' & social learning Ask: which better fits context? Great post by Florencia Guerzovich @guerzovich.bsky.social & Tom Aston medium.com/@florcig/pathw…

Post 4 of 5 - Context & paths to scale with @traffyaston cc Michael David Jacobstein Jeff Thindwa Brian Levy Global Partnership for Social Accountability Thrive Africa Initiative duncangreenlse.bsky.social Paula Chies Schommer Sue Cant R. Lynn Zaza Curran @TWP_Community Joanna Wheeler medium.com/@florcig/how-c…

Going to scale is key for social accountability to move beyond feel-good, boutique action. But accountability is embedded in complex systems -which change in circuitous ways. So how to assess effectiveness? Another terrific post from Florencia Guerzovich @guerzovich.bsky.social & @traffyaston

How context shapes pathways to scale in social accountability medium.com/@florcig/how-c… Scale up in Time: Revisiting how we Evidence Process & Context medium.com/@florcig/scale… 2/2

Flor and Tom - you are an inspiration! Thank you for your dedication to this work and upholding the integrity of the work despite the powers that be whether donors, NGOs, academics or institutions

Social Accountability and Service Delivery Effectiveness: What is the Evidence for the Role of Sanctions? GPSA Working Paper based on 11 meta-reviews and 35 case studies @traffyaston Grazielli Zimmer bit.ly/3rVHEDz

Sad to hear about possible threats to PNG media, one of the more robust of PNG's institutions