Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: The Designing for Impact at Scale Toolkit is a comprehensive guide designed to support inclusive and equitable scaling efforts. Rooted in co-design principles and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) scaling framework Scaling Impact , this toolkit provides practical guidance and tools to collaboratively design with those most impacted by and critical to scaling impact. Originally developed for the Gates Foundation’s Women’s Voice and Local Ownership (WVLO) initiative, it helps teams define a scaling vision, develop solutions, and create actionable plans for implementation and evaluation. By integrating participatory approaches, social accountability, and dynamic evaluation, this toolkit ensures that scaling is not just about increasing the size or reach of a program but about achieving meaningful and sustainable impact. No one has proactively integrated these scaling principles into a co-design process before—this toolkit is the first of its kind. As such, it represents early thinking on how to best infuse these principles into a design process. We hope this toolkit and its supporting resources will be helpful to other development actors looking to scale the impact of effective programs and that users will refine and improve this guidance as they use and adapt it. This Document is in English. The French version of this toolkit and accompanying resources are available at https://doi.org/10.21955/gatesopenres.1117215.1 .
Authors: Ledia Andrawes, Maria Cavatore, Sara Gullo, Jessica Holdaway, Amanda Livingstone, Erin McGinn, Robert McLean, Christine Galavotti
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4416499647