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Latest Publications by Our Network
Community-led Development in Practice: We Power Our Own Change
This collaborative volume on CLD was published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group in December 2024. Edited by Elene Cloete (Outreach International) and Gunjan Veda (MCLD), it brings together the insights of over 30 experts–from seasoned community practitioners to respected scholars–from around the globe.
Latest Publications by MCLD Staff
Vision 2035: Strong local communities in a post-ODA world
By Cathy Amenya and John Coonrod, May 2025
Humentum
Development interdependence: Locally driven, globally informed
By Gunjan Veda and John Coonrod September 9, 2024
Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation.
Our Data, Our Process: Re-imagining the Community-led Monitoring and Evaluation Discussion
By SPPC, Samahan para sa Pagsulong at Pag -unlad ng Capaculan, Nancy Bobadilla, and Gunjan Veda, May 8, 2024.
Asia Pacific Journal of Evaluation
Latest Featured Publications
Beyond Poverty: Outreach International
Gunjan is featured on the first episode of Outreach International’s podcast, Beyond Poverty. Her conversation with Elene Cloete took a deep dive into the dimensions of poverty that don’t always make the headlines—like dignity, stigma, and systemic barriers.
By Alliance Sud, September 2025
Fixing Foreign Aid: New Rules for a Broken System
Episode 1 of a three-part series features Gunjan Veda in a conversation highlighting why community-led development is the future and can be the answer to the broken system of today.
Peace Direct’s The Problem With Partnerships
Episode 2: It Starts With Your Mind featuring Gunjan Veda
By Global Communities, August 2024
No event about you without you, Samantha Power tells local leaders
In Devex, April 2024.
24 global development organizations to watch in 2024
In Devex, February 2024.