Welcome to SUMIT, a Creative Commons micropublishing platform devoted to catalyzing collaborative initiatives between innovators, practitioners, and donors in the global development community. By opening up the conceptualization, implementation, evaluation, and iteration of novel approaches to global development, we aim to improve the way that we share knowledge, innovate programs, and discover solutions to the world's toughest challenges.
SUMIT models its problem framework using the categorization scheme defined by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. There are 12 thematic groups, which we refer to as vertical problem domains:
- 1: Macroeconomics, Population Dynamics, and Planetary Boundaries
- 2: Reducing Poverty and Building Peace in Fragile Regions
- 3: Challenges of Social Inclusion: Gender, Inequalities, and Human Rights
- 4: Early Childhood Development, Education, and Transition to Work
- 5: Health for All
- 6: Deep Decarbonization Pathways
- 7: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
- 8: Forests, Oceans, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services
- 9: Sustainable Cities: Inclusive, Resilient, and Connected
- 10: Good Governance of Extractive and Land Resources
- 11: Global Governance and Norms for Sustainable Development
- 12: Redefining the Role of Business for Sustainable Development
SUMIT also recognizes another set of horizontal factors that cut across the problem domains. This is a work list:
- 1: Logistics
- 2: Physical Infrastructure
- 3: Social Context
- 4: Communications
- 5: Politics
- 6: Legislation
- 7: Human Resources
- 8: Project Management
- 9: Monitoring and Evaluation
- 10: Accountability
- 11: Data Infrastructure
- 12: Knowledge Management
- 13: Grant Writing
- 14: Finances
- 15: Capacity Building
- 16: Local Partnership