Not so simple, Mr. Watson

For the more theoretically minded and for the critics of the logical framework approach - a recent ODI paper attempts to articulate the implications of complexity science for the development sector.

From Robert Chamber's preface:

"Much development and humanitarian thinking and practice is still trapped in a paradigm of predictable, linear causality and maintained by mindsets that seek accountability through top-down command and control. Recent years have seen more emphasis on the mechanistic approaches of this paradigm and the kinds of procedures which are increasingly questioned by successful private sector organizations." Food for thought.