Caveat: This post describe a proposal by Rick Davies that is
still a work in progress, being tested to see how well it works
and where it works. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Please use the Comment box at the end of this posting. A Social
Framework… - is a format for describing an expected pathway of
influence through a wider network of people, groups or
organisations. - is a Logical Framework re-designed as if people
and their relationships mattered - is a way of summarizing the
theory-of-change within a development project, in a form that
can be monitored and evaluated. And which can be easily
explained to others. The Social Framework uses the idea of
pathways as a bridging concept, which can connect up two very
different ways of thinking about development projects. One is
the Logical Framework, which provides a very linear view of
development, where events happen in a sequence of steps, in one
direction. The other is a network view of development, where
change can be taking place simultaneousl