The Development Practice at a Glance

The Development Practice LLC is a consulting firm and network of practitioners focused on producing evidence, strategies, management tools, and impact-driven initiatives for international development stakeholders. Our practitioners work across sectors, geographies, and stakeholder types and are inherently focused on implementation, applied research, and achieving measurable outcomes for our clients and partners. Since incorporating the company in 2018, we’ve been able to build out our core team, project portfolio, and values statement which demonstrate how we work in practice. All of our projects strive to (i) use systems thinking to understand development challenges; (ii)adapt broad learning for specific contexts and; (iii) create practice-oriented solutions for our clients.

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SYSTEMS APPROACH

We do not shy away from complexity and believe that the strongest programs are those that holistically consider problems and potential solutions. We work with Practitioners who not only have deep knowledge of their own organizations and sectors- but who also understand how other stakeholders, initiatives, and sectors can affect their outcomes.

CONTEXT SPECIFIC

We believe that there are no ‘one size fits all’ solutions and that real results can only be achieved through building real partnerships. All assumptions need to be locally validated and all programs need to be locally co-developed. Our understanding of global challenges grows as we learn what is important in different contexts.

PRACTICE ORIENTED

We like to nerd out on data analysis, research, and theory, but at the end of the day we know that knowledge is only as good as the action it translates into. We believe in designing projects and systems based on the best evidence available and which build in monitoring and learning in a way that keeps the focus on impactful implementation.

Our company’s core practice areas define our services. The cross-cutting practices provide strategy and learning support around data analytics, program management, and learning and development. Sector specific practices provide expert advisory services around climate and food security. We also have emerging practices that reflect the skills, expertise, and availability of our network practitioners around WASH, ICT for development, humanitarian planning, health systems strengthening, governance, and gender mainstreaming.

We draw on a Practitioner’s Network of professionals who work across countries, sectors, and contexts and who have a deep understanding of how to work with diverse stakeholders in different settings. We rely on our network for rapid technical or local expertise, ground-truthing, and stakeholder engagement. We also provide individuals in our Network with tools, resources, and coaching services to help them successfully develop their own practices and careers.

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