Systems Thinking and Practice: A guide to concepts, principles and tools for FCDO and partners

This guide is a basic reference on systems thinking and practice tailored to the context and needs of the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). It is an output of the FCDO Knowledge for Development Programme (K4D), which facilitated a Learning Journey on Systems...

Jim Woodhill

Juliet Millican

Lessons Learned from K4D Learning Journeys: A Practical Approach for Supporting Learning in Development Organisations

The Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) Programme, which started in 2016, came to an end in September 2022. This K4D working paper reflects on the learning processes and approaches facilitated by this programme, through ‘learning journeys’ conducted in collaboration with...

Joanna Howard & 2 others

A Practical Approach for Supporting Learning in Development Organisations – Summary

The Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) Programme, which started in 2016, comes to an end in September 2022. K4D is a programme funded by and for the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (initially with the Department for International Development,...

Joanna Howard & 2 others

Capturing the Economic Potential of Food Systems for the Poor

K4D Emerging Issue Report;EI022

Food systems are changing and will continue to change in the near future, because of many transformative drivers, like population growth, globalisation, climate change, and pollution. This report provides an overview of the evidence of the economic potential of food systems for the poor for the...

Evert-jan Quak

Jim Woodhill