A structured framework that outlines the causal pathways through which interventions are expected to lead to desired outcomes.
Collaboratively developing a theory of change helps key stakeholders interrogate how and why an approach to transformation is expected to work, and surface and constructively debate differences early.
In a complex, multi-stakeholder context, this enables more efficient and effective interventions by making the assumptions underlying interventions explicit, identifying the necessary conditions for success, and describing the logical sequence of events that are expected to result in the intended changes.