Development Work’s Resources/ Tools

Effective development utilizes a plethora of tools throughout multiple stages to ensure sustainability.

From the identification of project area and target groups to context assessment and stakeholders; from the planning stages to budgeting, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and re-assessement – there exists different tools that make the gathering, analysis/ interpretation of data and utilization of the same for programming efficient and effective.

Key Development Work’s Resources and Tools

Below are only a few resources that every development worker should arm him/ herself with; I will keep updating this list with time

• Conflict Tree
• Stakeholder Mapping
• Actors Mapping
• Do No Harm 
• Conflict- Sensitivity
• Participatory Community Processes (PCPs)
• Community-Driven Initiatives (CDIs)
• Systemic Analysis/ Charting Conflict Systems/ Reinforcing Loop
• Collaborative, Learning and Adaptation (CLA)
• The Hand
• Onion
• Timeline
• Inverted Triangle
• Violence Triangle
• Positions, Interests, Needs and Fears (PINF)
• LOG Frame (Logical Framework)
• Mental Health and Development worker’s wellbeing
• Civil Society Organizations
• Capacity Development / Capacity-building /  Tooling and re-tooling
• Story-telling as a tool
• Gender
• Diversity / Inclusivity

What other resources are you aware of? Share in the comments.

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