Adaptive programming in practice: shared lessons from the DFID-funded LASER and SAVI programmes

Influenced by a wealth of research and emerging international consensus, key donors are encouraging the increased use of adaptive programme approaches to address complex development challenges. Donors and service providers are however grappling with the complex practicalities of how to design, implement and monitor adaptive programmes – a challenge compounded by the recognised lack of practical case study material to draw on.

As a contribution to current thinking and practice, this joint paper provides an overview of LASER and SAVI’s practical experience as suppliers and practitioners in designing, contracting, managing, implementing and monitoring flexible, adaptive programmes – complementing the more widely available perspective of academics and think tanks.