Our Approach | The 4is
We work with partners to Ideate, Innovate, Implement and Institutionalise solutions that work.
We believe deeply in the power of interdisciplinary networks and dialogue, and that collaboration across sectors and fields is essential to solving the most pressing challenges of our time.
1. Ideate
We create and socialise new policy ideas and solutions that address today’s biggest and most complex policy challenges. Our research is always interdisciplinary and grounded in an understanding of the political economy of implementation. A key focus is data and analytics, especially generating faster frequency data that can help capacity-constrained decision makers.
Over the years, we have built a strong intellectual foundation that allows us to parse symptoms from root causes and develop new paradigms and solutions that are rooted in local context.
2. Innovate:
We socialise and prototype solutions through trusted networks across government, academia, civil society, and industry. By co-designing with stakeholders and practitioners, we convert ideas into practical, high-impact interventions.
3. Implement
Recommendations alone have limited impact, especially given underlying state capacity constraints in most developing countries. Therefore, our embedded teams provide on-the-ground implementation support, helping plug the gaps between “intent/policy” and “execution/implementation”.
4. Institutionalise:
Finally, we help institutionalise successful solutions by building the capability, processes and systems to ensure that new solutions endure.
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