This article critically reflects on two development programme planning methodologies: the dominant Logical Framework Approach (LFA) and the Theory of Change (ToC). It reviews their conceptual origins and outlines their commonalities, differences and challenges in day-to-day development practice. The article claims that while both approaches originate from the same family of programme theory, the LFA has over the years somehow lost its analytic lens to capture social change and become more of a donor-driven performance management tool. The ToC has restored some of these analytical and engagement aspects that the LFA approach was originally designed to elicit, but some of the practical challenges remain. The authors argue for a combined use of both methodologies, if held lightly and approached from a learning and not a compliance perspective.

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变革理论是否已成为发展合作计划中逻辑框架方法的更好替代方案？

本文批判性地反思了两种开发计划规划方法：占主导地位的逻辑框架方法 (LFA) 和变革理论 (ToC)。它回顾了它们的概念起源并概述了它们在日常开发实践中的共性、差异和挑战。这篇文章声称，虽然这两种方法都源自同一个项目理论家族，但多年来，LFA 不知何故失去了捕捉社会变化的分析视角，而更多地成为捐助者驱动的绩效管理工具。ToC 已经恢复了 LFA 方法最初旨在引起的一些分析和参与方面，但一些实际挑战仍然存在。作者主张结合使用这两种方法，如果从学习而非合规的角度轻视和接近的话。