Coming soon · Safeguards
Screening well: getting categorisation right the first time
Why so much rework in ESF and SPS projects traces back to a screening decision made too quickly.
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Notes from the practice — on safeguards, grievance mechanisms and doing research well in the Cambodian context.
Featured · Grievance mechanisms · 6 min read
The Building Blocks of GRMs
Most project documents describe a grievance mechanism. Far fewer describe one that a farmer in a project village could actually use. This piece walks through the components that decide the difference — accessible uptake channels, realistic timelines, confidentiality for sensitive cases, and a credible route to closing the loop.
Drawn from reviewing GRM performance across 22 World Bank IPF projects and AIIB’s implementation portfolio.
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What we are writing about next.
Short, practical pieces for project teams — no policy restatement, just what we have learned applying these frameworks in Cambodia.
Coming soon · Gender & inclusion
GEDSI audits: what an honest one looks like
Lessons from auditing an international organisation’s own workplace culture, not just its programmes.
Coming soon · Research methods
Baselines that survive the endline
Designing indicators and sampling frames now so the comparison still works in three years.
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