Mobilizing Assets for Community-Driven Development

• Coady Institute: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Site

Organisations

• ABCD Asia Pacific Network
• ABCD in Action
• The Abundant Community
• Action for Market Towns
• Aspen Institute: Roundtable on Community Change
• Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD)
• Bank of IDEAS
• Bethel New Life
• Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy
• Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
• Community Building Institute
• Community Development Resource Association
• Community Economies
• Connecticut Assets Network (CAN) Library Glossary
• DFID: Department for International Development, UK
• EARTH University
• East Tennessee Foundation
• Engineers Without Borders Canada
• Evans School of Public Affairs
• Family Action Centre, University of Newcastle
• Family Consultation Service (FCS) Urban Ministries
• Fiery Spirits
• The Ford Foundation
• Grassroots Grantmakers
• Greater Rustenburg Community Foundation (GRCF)
• Institute for Development Studies (IDS)
• International Association for Community Development
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• Ikhala Trust
• Imagine Chicago
• Inspiring Communities
• Just Us! Coffee Cooperative
• Kabarole Research and Resource Centre
• Kembatti Mentti Gezzima-Tope (KMG)
• Khanya-aicdd
• Livelihoods Connect, DFID
• MYRADA
• Neighborhood Connections
• New Economics Foundation (NEF)
• New Prospect Baptist Church
• Nova Scotia Department of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism
• Nurture Development
• Opportunity International
• Oxfam Canada
• Participation and Civic Engagement, World Bank resources
• PLAN Institute for Caring Citizenship
• Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN)
• Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence (SCOPE)
• Southeast Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute (SEARSOLIN)
• Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)
• Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
• Synergos
• UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
• United Way
• United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona
• United Way Halifax
• Vibrant Communities

Publications

• 10 key community development beliefs, Bank of IDEAS, (2010). (97K pdf)
• 50 phrases to kill ideas and stifle creative thinking, Bank of IDEAS, (1995). (57K pdf)
• A glass half-full: how an asset approach can improve community health and well-being, Improvement and Development Agency, (2009). (578K pdf)
• ABCD at work in Illu Aga online interactive tool, by B. Peters, M. Martin & D. Okafo, Coady International Institute, (2010).
• Application of CARE's livelihoods approach, by M. Drinkwater & T. Rusinow, (1999).
• Applying an asset-based community development approach in Ethiopia, by B. Peters, M. Gonsamo & S. Molla, Oxfam Canada, (2009). (4.37 Mb pdf)
• The asset-based community-driven development experience: A different face of aid effectiveness, by Lucie Goulet, Oxfam Canada, (2007). (93K pdf)
• Asset-based development: Success stories from Egyptian communities, Coady International Institute, (2005). (751K pdf)
• Assets, Livelihoods and Governance, roundtable transcript, edited by A. Mathie & G. Cunningham, (2002).
• Barefoot Collective. (2009). The barefoot guide to working with organisations and social change. Book is available for download.
• Beyond problems analysis: using appreciative inquiry to design and deliver environmental, gender equity and private sector development projects, by G. Ashford & S. Patkar, (2001). (359K pdf)
• Building belonging: Celebrating inclusive communities, video by T. Smeaton, Inspiring Communities, (2009).
• Building inclusive and resilient communities, Australian Social Inclusion Board, (2009). (485K pdf)
• By their own hands: 200 years of building community in St. Andrews, Nova Scotia, by G. Cunningham & K. Fiander, 2009, (504K pdf) and video, (2008).
• Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story, by C. Adichie, TED Talks, (2009).
• Community economic literacy and the "leaky bucket", by G. Cunningham, Coady International Institute, (2010). (1.85 Mb pdf)
• Concepts of citizenship: A review, E. Jones & J. Gaventa, (2002). IDS Development Bibliographies 19.
• The development of capacity, by A. Kaplan, (1999).
• DFID's Livelihoods Connect: guidance sheets
• Does ABCD deliver on social justice?, by A. Mathie, Coady International Institute, (2006). (259K pdf)
• Environment, livelihoods and local institutions: Decentralization in mainland southeast Asia, by M. Dupar & N. Badenoch, (2002). (588K pdf)
• From clients to citizens: Asset-based community development as a strategy for community driven development (Occasional Paper 4). A. Mathie & G. Cunningham, (2002). Coady International Institute. (576K pdf)
  
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• Future directions for development non-governmental organizations (Occasional Paper 3). R. Fugere, (2001). Coady International Institute.(485K pdf)
  
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• Hidden treasures: Building community connections by engaging the gifts of people on welfare, people with disabilities, people with mental illness, older adults and young people (422K pdf), by S. Rans & M. Green, ABCD Institute, (2005), and accompanying toolbox (380K pdf), (2005).
• Introduction to asset-mapping (92K pdf), and How to use a capacity inventory (65K pdf), by J. Kretzmann & J. McKnight, ABCD Institute, (2003).
• The Jambi Kiwa story: Mobilizing assets for community development, by G. Cunningham, Coady International Institute, (2005). (9.54 Mb pdf)
• Locating the energy for change: An introduction to appreciative inquiry, by C. Elliott, (1999). (1 Mb pdf)
• The money trail, by J. Sacks, (2002). (1.27 Mb pdf)
• The ‘most significant change’ (MSC) technique: A guide to its use, by R. Davies & J. Dart, (2005). (1.19 Mb pdf)
• The new project design and management workshop training manual, Peace Corps, (2000). (5.39 Mb pdf)
• Participation: From Tyranny to Transformation? Exploring new approaches to participation in development. Conference held February 27-28, 2003, IDPM, University of Manchester.
• Per diems: To pay or not to pay. That is the question., by B. Peters, Coady International Institute, (2010).
• Plugging the leaks, by B. Ward & J. Lewis, (2002). A workshop-based tool that uses visual images to facilitate action to increase the circulation of money in a local economy.
• The positive path: Using appreciative inquiry in rural Indian communities, by G. Asford & S. Patkar, (2001). (2.47 Mb pdf)
• Situating Asset-Based Community Development in the International Development Context, by M. Foster & A. Mathie, [2001?].
• Small Project Assistance Program: Supporting sustainable community development, Peace Corps, (2003). (2.34 Mb pdf)
• Capturing unpredictable and intangible change: Evaluating an asset-based community development (ABCD) approach in Ethiopia, by B. Peters, Coady International Institute, (2011). (8.51 Mb pdf)
• Values, faith and community building: Applying asset-based community development in a faith context, M. Nelson, Bethel New Life, (2008). (1.47 Mb Power Point presentation)
• Video training program: Mobilizing community assets. A downloadable training program based on "Building communities from the inside out", ABCD Institute, (1995).
  Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3, Segment 4, Segment 5, Segment 6, Segment 7, Segment 8,
  Segment 9, Segment 10, Segment 11, Segment 12, Segment 13, Segment 14.
• What we focus on becomes our reality, by P. Kenyon, Bank of IDEAS, (2007). (24.78 Mb pdf)
• Who is driving development? Reflections on the transformative potential of asset-based community development (Occasional Paper 5). A. Mathie & G. Cunningham, (2005). Coady International Institute. (503K pdf)
  
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• Using narrative methods to link program evaluation and organization development, by Charles McClintock, (2004).
• WWF's Climate Witness Community Toolkit, contains methodologies which will assist facilitators when presenting information specific to climate change and developing appropriate community response. (2.58 Mb pdf)

Readings and presentations from the forum: "From Clients to Citizens: Deepening the Practice of Asset-Based and Citizen-Led Development", hosted by the Coady International Institute and co-sponsored by the ABCD Institute, (2009).

• Conversations from the ABCD forum, edited by A. Mathie & D. Puntenney, Coady International Institute and ABCD Institute, (2009). (1.19 Mb pdf)
• Reflections on 40 years of asset-based community development, by J. McKnight, ABCD Institute, (2009). Video and Transcript (23K pdf)
• Lessons learned from case studies in From clients to citizens: Communities changing the course of their own development, by G. Cunningham, Coady International Institute, (2009). Video and Transcript (23K pdf)
• The deepening of ABCD geographically, individually and institutionally, by J. Kretzmann, ABCD Institute, (2009). Video and Transcript (45K pdf)
• From pre-clients to clients to citizens, by A. Fernandez, Resettlement and Development Agency (MYRADA), (2009). Video and Transcript (88K pdf)
• ABCD: Some lessons from down under, by P. Kenyon, Bank of IDEAS, (2009). Video and Power Point (13Mb)

Government and Donor Perspectives on ABCD

• B. B. Nadas, City Hall of Curitiba, Health Secretariat, Brazil, (2009). Video
• J. Diers, City of Seattle, USA, (2009). Video and Power Point (8.36Mb)
• S. Mathews, Greater Rustenburg Foundation, South Africa, (2009). Video and Power Point (349K pdf)
• T. Brodhead, McConnell Foundation, Canada, (2009). Video
• J. Foster, Grassroots Grantmakers, USA, (2009). Video
• A. Mercado, South East Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute (SEARSOLIN), Philippines, (2009). Video
• T. Dewar, Aspen Institute, USA, (2009). Video
• K. Gibson, Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy, University of Western Sydney, Australia, (2009). Video
• A. Gordon, University of Washington, USA, (2009). Video

Global Political Openings for ABCD

• B. Hanson, Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University, USA, (2009). Video
• D.K. Son, Institute of Policy and Strategy of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam, (2009). Video
• N. Singh, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada, (2009). Video
• C. Bryant, Nova Scotia Department of Economic and Rural Development, Canada, (2009). Video

Other Presentations from the Forum

• COMPAS Africa: Comparing and supporting endogenous development, by B. Guri, Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development, (2009). (1.73 Mb pdf)
• Mobilizing assets for self development: From merry-go-rounds to savings and credit organizations by C. Macoloo, World Neighbors, (2009). (34K pdf)
• The ABCD model: How to unlock gifts in a community and organization, by D. Dunca, ABCD Institute, (2009). (474K pdf)
• Development from the inside out, by B. Guri, (2009). (32K pdf)
• ABCD in Vietnam, by N. D. Vinh, Rural Community Development Center, (2009). (1 Mb pdf)
• Appreciative inquiry with organizations of the poor (446K pdf) and Reflections on appreciative inquiry by S. Patkar, Consultant, (2009). (50K pdf)

Other Resources

• Video: Participatory 3D Modelling, a method for improving grassroots management of natural resources. Presentation delivered by Giacomo Rambaldi at the Tech for Food Conference, Paris, France, (2007). (7 min.)