MCLD is committed to co-creating tools to enhance the practice of CLD. Since the creation of our collaborative research team in 2019, we have developed two multi-lingual tools, developed recommendations for implementers, funders, and governments, and carried out analyses of community-led programming. Information on the group’s Participatory CLD Assessment Tool – and subsequent community-led version – can be found below! Our resource highlights can be found here.

In 2019, MCLD began a collaborative journey to understand and strengthen the practice and impact of community-led development. This multi-organizational, multi-country, multi-lingual team of Program, Monitoring, Research, Evaluation, and Learning professionals developed multi-lingual tools, carried out qualitative and quantitative analysis, and developed guidance and recommendations for implementors, funders, and governments.

Photo: Suporna from Khulna in Bangladesh, 2022. Photo for The Hunger Project