Rethinking Impact: Understanding the Complexity of Poverty and Change

JOURNAL: Special issue of the journal "Development in Practice"

Development in Practice offers practice-relevant analysis and research relating to development and humanitarianism, providing a worldwide forum for the exchange of ideas and practical experiences among practitioners, scholars, policy shapers, and activists. By challenging current assumptions, the journal seeks to stimulate new thinking and ways of working. Contributors to this peer-reviewed journal represent a wide range of cultural and professional backgrounds and experience.

This special issue of the journal has been compield by guest editors Nina Lilja, Patti Kristjanson, and Jamie Watts. They call to legitimise what they describe as the 'boundary-spanning work' whereby researchers give first priority to linking the knowledge generation with practical action. They argue for a diversity of methods for the production and sharing of knowledge, to enhance capacity, and to evaluate the impact of such efforts.

Development in Practice Volume 20, Issue 8