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environment” will vary, depending on the type of initiative being proposed for
expansion. But in general, researchers identify access to financial, technical and
political support; supportive policy, legal and regulatory frameworks and better
policy coordination and a range of capacities within different levels of government,
including documented procedures, detailed planning, good systems for sharing,
spreading knowledge, incentives for stakeholders, and building on experience and
existing institutions. Small-scale interventions, while they can provide valuable
local benefits, may “remain little more than islands of excellence in a wider
economic and institutional environment which is detrimental to the poor” (Uvin
et al. 2000 , p 1409). However, advocating for, or creating this enabling environment
is often well beyond the capacity and scope of influence of most rural communities
where the land degradation control measures need to be put in place.
What constitutes an “enabling environment” will vary, depending on the type of
initiative being proposed for expansion. But in general, researchers identify:
access to financial, technical and political support
supportive policy, legal and regulatory frameworks and better policy coordination
and a range of capacities within different levels of government, including
documented procedures, detailed planning, good systems for sharing, spreading
knowledge and incentives for stakeholders.
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Sustainability and Scaling-Up: It's About Systemic Change
2.1
Step Changes and Transformational Goals
Throughout the literature, it is clear that development practitioners and analysts
are looking for a significant “step change” in development - achieving measurable
poverty reduction at national levels; improved performance on indicators for
health and education; preservation of biodiversity and natural resources managed
sustainably
Several aspects are important:
How to create the enabling environments necessary for technology transfer and
its replication elsewhere?
How can successful approaches be adapted to other regions, countries and
sectors?
Who drives the larger scale up and replication agenda?
Who should take ownership and responsibility for step change towards sustain-
able development
Scaling-up is really about systemic change that must proceed as a series of
step changes that are required to achieve transformational goals, it is clear that
development practitioners and analysts are looking for a significant “step change”
in development - achieving measurable poverty reduction at national levels; preser-
vation of biodiversity and natural resources managed sustainably.
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