Publications and Articles
NGO-IDEAs has produced two main documents:
NGO-IDEAs "Impact Toolbox"
The Impact Toolbox is now ready. For information about the contents, click here.
For download of the Impact Toolbox, 
click here.
NGO-IDEAs Tiny Tools for Impact Assessment"
In current development practice, change is mostly assessed by NGO staff or external experts. But communities can reflect on change themselves in a systematic way. When they do this, they generate relevant and valid information and become empowered to take more control of their realities. The NGO-IDEAs Tiny Tools are a relatively simple and quick way to achieve this. All the tools are structured and systematic, and they are widely tested: Experience shows that these tools lead to new insights, mobilise enthusiasm and increase the capacity of communities to bring about further change. The Tiny Tools therefore are in line with the Participatory Rural Appraisal approaches.
We provide an overview over a number of Tiny Tools and practical step-by-step guides. The number of guides will increase with demand. NGO-IDEAs invites you to share your experiences with us.
Overview Tiny Tools Download.
Guide Lifeline Download.
Road Journey under PALS Diagrams.
MAPP Description and Examples Download.
NGO-IDEAs "Impact Reports"
The German version of the "Impact Report" – a comprehensive report on the impacts of NGOs' Savings & Credit projects – is now ready.
VENRO – Verband Entwicklungspolitik deutscher Nichtregierungsorganisationen (Ed.) 2007:
Bericht über die Wirkungen von Spar- und Kreditprogrammen süd-indischer NGOs
For download of the German version of the Impact Report, click here.
The Indian version of the "Impact Report" is written in English and describes specifically the context of the Savings and Credit programmes in India.
For download of the Indian version of the Impact Report, click here.
Moreover, several articles have been launched:
"Mein Wort zählt" (My word counts)
"Mein Wort zählt" (My word counts), the book about the experiences gathered during the process of NGO-IDEAs (NGO Impact on Development Empowerment and Actions) about the impacts of Savings & Credit programmes on the overall empowerment of women in India was released in 2007 . The book is available (in German language) in respective bookstores.
VENRO – Verband Entwicklungspolitik deutscher Nichtregierungsorganisationen (Ed.) 2007:
Mein Wort zählt. Mikrokredite: Kleines Kapital – große Wirkung. Brandes & Apsel.
ISBN: 978-3-86099-727-7