- Groundwork
The Busara toolkit: leveraging behavioral science for development
Chaning Jang, Edel Koki, Robert Nyaga, Arize Okafor, Jaspreet Singh, Aya Vang & Steve Wendel
- April 16, 2024
- 2:50 pm
BEHAVIORAL THEME
OVERVIEW
The Busara Toolkit includes a framework (AUDAS), along with specific tools and templates designed to facilitate impactful and efficient projects. Toolkit covers the entire project life cycle from start to finish – i.e. from the very first stage where a project is staffed and kicked off, through the delivery, to the end where a project is closed and signed off with the client and/or partners. We’ve also added specific deep-dives on qualitative behavioral science, the dynamics and importance of understanding context, and tools for integrating systems analysis with behavioral field work.
THEMATIC AREAS
In this Toolkit, you’ll find
- An overview of framework itself
- A short summary of how each step works
- Links to practical tools you can use during those steps
- References for more information
This toolkit is meant to be practical, not comprehensive. Here’s what you won’t find:
- We focus on what you can do, not the underlying theory or literature.
- We do not provide much background information about how common processes work (e.g., stakeholder alignment on project logistics, literature reviews, statistical analyses)
Overall, our toolkit focuses on what is special and different about applied behavioral science in international development. If you’d like to learn more about the underlying theory and evidence base of behavioral science (and of international development) there are a range of books available.
Thank you for your interest in our toolkit, and we hope you find it useful!
