OUR LEARNING & STRATEGY

The Accountability Lab works within complex systems with rapidly changing and evolving accountability dynamics. The Lab’s learning efforts help the organization adapt and improve by filling critical knowledge gaps that might impede informed design and implementation decisions.

The focus is both on processes for learning and on building a culture that supports active learning on a continual basis. The idea is that learning is not an end in itself but a means to improve everything we do. More on the Lab’s approach to learning can be found in our 2023-2026 Strategy

See the links below for our Strategy in Spanish and French:

We have developed several theories of change (ToC) over the lifetime of the Accountability Lab. We are proud of the fact that our understanding of our work is evolving as we iterate and learn. At any given time, we are also trying to test more than one theory of change within a given context. Accountability relates to complex social and political dynamics and building it requires multiple inter-related activities- it is not linear, nor is it singular. Our efforts are just one part of the process of change we hope to see.

We view a theory of change not just as a way to map out inputs, outputs and outcomes but as a way to understand in practical terms the causality between them; and to support double loop learning (learning that recognizes that the way a problem is defined and solved can be a source of the problem itself). As a result our theory of change is not an agreed, defined diagram – it is a living document that we amend and refine over time as we learn on the ground. See our most recent ToC here.

ANNUAL REPORTS

Click on the link below to access a report:

Annual Report – Pakistan 2024

Annual Report – Mexico 2024

Annual Report – Nigeria 2024

Annual Report – Mali 2024

Annual Report – Liberia 2024

Annual Report – Mali 2023

Annual Report – AL Global 2023

Annual Report – Liberia 2023

Annual Report – Nepal 2023

Annual Report – Pakistan 2023

Annual Report – South Africa 2023

Annual Report – Zimbabwe 2023

Annual Report – Nigeria 2023

Annual Report – DRC 2023

Annual Report – Mexico 2023

Annual Report – Global 2022

Annual Report – Liberia 2022

Annual Report – Nepal 2022

Annual Report – Pakistan 2022

Annual Report – South Africa 2022

Annual Report – Zimbabwe 2022

Annual Report – Nigeria 2022

Annual Report – DRC 2022

Annual Report – Mali 2022

Annual Report – Mexico 2021

Annual Report – Nigeria 2021

Annual Report – Pakistan 2021

Annual Report – Liberia 2021

Annual Report – Niger 2021

Annual Report – Nepal 2021

Annual Report – Zimbabwe 2021

Annual Report – Mali 2021

Annual Report – DRC 2021

Annual Report – South Africa 2021

Annual Report – Zimbabwe 2020

Annual Report – Niger 2020

Annual Report – Mali 2020

Annual Report Liberia 2020

Annual Report Pakistan 2020

Annual Report Nigeria 2020

Annual Report Niger 2020

Annual Report Liberia 2019

Annual Report Mali 2019

Annual Report Nepal 2019

Annual Report Nigeria 2019

Annual Report South Africa 2019

Annual Report Pakistan 2019

Annual Report 2015

Annual Report 2014

Annual Report 2013

Annual Report 2012

LEARNING REPORTS

IMPACT REPORTS

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