{"id":1531,"date":"2014-05-12T15:11:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T19:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/?page_id=1531"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:08:52","slug":"critical-detail-how-to-intervene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/critical-detail-how-to-intervene\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Detail: How to intervene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the heart of the issue of interventions is the question of \u201chow\u201d resources are provided. It is in the details of \u201chow\u201d the resources of an intervention are provided that interventions have their most significant impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically related to all the potential impacts listed above are issues of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to decide the recipients through targeting<\/li>\n<li>How to hire staff<\/li>\n<li>How to choose partners<\/li>\n<li>How to interact with and work with local authorities<\/li>\n<li>How to decide what resources to distribute and how much<\/li>\n<li>How to time and sequence distribution and where<\/li>\n<li>How interagency coordination affects intervention impacts<\/li>\n<li>How the role of a donor or donors affects and constrains intervention impacts<\/li>\n<li>How the role of a headquarters affects and constrains intervention impacts<\/li>\n<li>and so on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The \u201chow\u201d is not just the \u201cmodality\u201d of the intervention and the way we do our work, though that too should be part of this analysis. We should absolutely be aware of why we decide to engage in a context in a particular way. We should also be aware of <a title=\"Messages through the RAFT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/the-raft\/\">how we engage<\/a> with respect to the people with whom we interact.<\/p>\n<p>For example, even if an agency distributes much-needed and wanted goods in a completely unbiased way, if they decided their approach without clear inclusion of local ideas or if they make deliveries rudely and peremptorily, the \u201chow\u201d of their approach will negate the lasting benefits of the deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>People care how they are included, how they are <a title=\"Respect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/respect\/\">respected<\/a>, how they are <a title=\"Transparency\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/transparency\/\">informed<\/a>, in short, how they are <a title=\"Fairness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/fairness\/\">treated<a\/>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"box\">Previous Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/critical-detail-working-with-local-authorities\/\" title=\"Critical Detail: Working with local authorities\">Critical Detail: Working with local authorities<\/a><br \/>\nNext Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/cdm-with-the-seven-elements\/\" title=\"Critical Detail Mapping with the Seven Elements of Circumstance\">Critical Detail Mapping with the Seven Elements of Circumstance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Topics<br \/>\n<a title=\"Critical Detail: Targeting \u2013 Who receives the benefits?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/critical-detail-targeting\/\">Critical Detail: Targeting \u2013 Who receives the benefits?<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Critical Detail: Resources \u2013 What do we provide?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/critical-detail-resources\/\">Critical Detail: Resources \u2013 What do we provide?<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Critical Detail: Staffing \u2013 Who is hired?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/critical-detail-staffing\/\">Critical Detail: Staffing \u2013 Who is hired?<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Critical Detail: Partnering \u2013 Who do we work with and through?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/critical-detail-partnering\/\">Critical Detail: Partnering \u2013 Who do we work with and through?<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Using the Six Critical Details\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/using-the-six-critical-details\/\">Using the Six Critical Details<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Critical Detail Mapping\u00a0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/critical-detail-mapping\/\">Critical Detail Mapping<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Lesson 5: The details of interventions matter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/lesson-5-details\/\">Lesson 5: The details of interventions matter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the heart of the issue of interventions is the question of \u201chow\u201d resources are provided. It is in the details of \u201chow\u201d the resources of an intervention are provided that interventions have their most significant impacts. 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