Platform Overview
This page walks through everything available on ImpactMojo — what each content type is, how it's organized, and how you can use it in your work, your classroom, or your team's professional development.
Courses
Courses are the backbone of ImpactMojo. There are two types:
Flagship Courses (9 courses)
These are comprehensive, deep-dive courses — each with approximately 13 modules that build on each other. Think of them as the equivalent of a semester-long university course, but written for working professionals.
Each flagship course includes:
A lexicon of 50-65 key terms with clear definitions
South Asian case studies drawn from real programmes
Reflection prompts so you can connect the material to your own work
Further reading links curated from DevDiscourses
Example flagship courses:
MEL for Development — from the basics of monitoring and evaluation through to adaptive learning
Theory of Change — building, testing, and using theories of change in real programmes
Development Economics — economic concepts that matter for development practitioners, not just economists
How to use them: Work through a course at your own pace (one module per week is a comfortable rhythm). Assign modules to your team as pre-reading before a planning session. Use them as the curriculum backbone for a university course or NGO training programme.
Foundational Courses (39 courses)
Comprehensive study decks that cover a specific skill or concept in depth. These are self-paced reading materials — thorough in their coverage but simpler in format than flagship courses.
What they include:
Comprehensive topic coverage — each one covers its subject thoroughly
Self-study format — read at your own pace, no interactive components
What they don't include (yet):
Interactive features, quizzes, or assessments
Projects or hands-on exercises
Interactive lexicons or AI study companions
Where we're headed: The long-term plan is to upgrade foundational courses to the flagship standard with interactive elements, assessments, and projects. For now, they're excellent self-study and reference material.
Example foundational courses:
Survey Design Essentials — designing questionnaires that actually produce useful data
Introduction to Qualitative Methods — interviews, focus groups, and coding for practitioners
Understanding WEE (Women's Economic Empowerment) — frameworks, measurement, and programme design
Data Visualization for Development — turning your data into stories that decision-makers understand
How to use them: Take one as a quick skill-builder before starting a new project. Assign them to new team members as self-study reading. Use them as pre-reading before a workshop. Pair them with a flagship course to go broader on a topic.
Learning Tracks
All courses are organized into 6 tracks, so you can follow a structured learning path based on your role or interest:
MEL & Research — Monitoring, evaluation, qualitative and quantitative methods
Economics & Policy — Development economics, political economy, fundraising
Gender & Equity — Gender studies, women's economic empowerment, care economy, data feminism
Governance & Society — Constitutional frameworks, decolonization, community development
Health & Wellbeing — Public health, climate adaptation, social-emotional learning, livelihoods
Communication & Data — Data literacy, visual ethnography, behaviour change communication, advocacy
Economics Simulation Games (12 games)
These are interactive simulations that put you in the driver's seat of economic decisions. You might be allocating a district health budget, managing a microfinance portfolio, or navigating trade policy — and seeing the consequences of your choices play out in real time.
Each game:
Runs in your browser — no downloads, no installation
Uses real economic parameters where possible — not made-up numbers
Is designed for debriefing — the real learning happens in the conversation after the game
Works on mobile — so you can use them in field-based workshops
How to use them: Run a game at the start of a workshop to surface assumptions. Use them in economics classes to make abstract concepts tangible. Play one as a team-building exercise that also teaches something useful.
Interactive Labs (10 labs)
Labs are browser-based workbenches where you build something. Unlike courses (where you read and reflect), labs are hands-on — you follow a guided workflow and produce a real output.
Example labs:
Theory of Change Builder — construct a visual theory of change step by step
Research Question Builder — refine a vague idea into a focused, researchable question
Qualitative Coding Lab — practise coding qualitative data with guided exercises
Each lab:
Walks you through the process step by step
Produces a usable output — a framework, a plan, a diagram
Can export results as PDF or PNG (export is available in premium tiers)
Requires no server or installation — everything runs in your browser
How to use them: Use a lab as the practical component of a workshop. Have students complete a lab as an assignment. Use one to jumpstart your own work — build your theory of change in the lab instead of staring at a blank PowerPoint.
Handouts (400+)
Handouts are single-page HTML documents — concise reference materials you can read on screen, print, or share. Think of them as well-designed cheat sheets and briefing notes.
They're organized by track, so you can browse all handouts related to MEL, gender, economics, and so on.
How to use them: Print a set for a training session. Share a handout as pre-reading before a team meeting. Keep them as desk references for concepts you use regularly. They're designed to be useful on their own, not just as supplements to courses.
ImpactLex (500+ terms)
ImpactLex is a development sector dictionary — a searchable, browsable collection of over 500 terms with clear, practitioner-friendly definitions. It's built as a Progressive Web App (PWA), which means:
It works offline once you've loaded it — useful when you're in the field without reliable internet
You can add it to your phone's home screen like a regular app
It's searchable — type a term and find it instantly
Example entries: Attribution, Beneficiary Feedback Mechanism, Counterfactual, Disaggregated Data, Evaluability Assessment... all the way to Zero-Based Budgeting.
How to use it: Keep it on your phone as a quick reference. Share it with new team members who are learning sector terminology. Use it during report writing to make sure you're using terms precisely.
Dev Case Studies (200 cases from 117 countries)
A curated library of 200 real-world development case studies — not theoretical examples, but actual programmes, evaluations, and interventions from around the world.
Each case study is tagged by:
Country (117 countries represented)
Theme (health, education, livelihoods, governance, etc.)
Methodology (RCT, mixed methods, process evaluation, etc.)
How to use them: Find case studies that match your sector and context to inform programme design. Use them as teaching material — "here's how a similar programme was evaluated in Bangladesh." Include them in proposals to demonstrate evidence-informed thinking.
DevDiscourses (500+ papers and books)
DevDiscourses is a curated reading list of over 500 academic papers, books, and reports that matter for development practice. This isn't a random database — every entry has been selected because it's genuinely useful for practitioners, not just academics.
Entries are organized by topic and tagged for easy browsing.
How to use them: Build a reading list for your team. Find foundational texts when you're new to a topic. Cite them in your own reports and proposals. Use them alongside courses for deeper exploration.
Dataverse (215+ resources)
Dataverse is your starting point for development data. It includes:
215+ datasets from sources like the World Bank, DHS, NFHS, NSSO, and more
APIs for programmatic data access
Tools for data analysis and visualization
MCP servers for AI-assisted development research
Resources cover poverty, health, education, gender, governance, climate, and more — with a focus on South Asian data sources that are often hard to discover.
How to use it: Find the right dataset for your research or evaluation. Discover data sources you didn't know existed. Connect data tools to your analysis workflow. If you use AI tools for research, the MCP servers help you query development data directly.
Blog
Regular articles on development practice, platform updates, sector trends, and reflections on teaching and learning in the development space. Written in the same accessible, practitioner-focused voice as the rest of the platform.
Podcast
Audio episodes available on Spotify — conversations about development practice, research methods, and the work of building more equitable systems. Listen during your commute or while doing fieldwork.
Certificates
When you complete a course, you can earn a certificate that records:
The course name and track
Your name
The date of completion
Certificates are verifiable through the platform. They're useful for:
Personal professional development records
Reporting to your organization on team learning
Adding to your CV or LinkedIn profile
Certificates are available for free-tier courses when you have a Practitioner (or higher) membership.
Learning Paths
Learning paths are curated sequences of courses, labs, and resources designed around a specific role or goal. Instead of figuring out what to take next, a learning path gives you a structured journey.
You can follow the platform's recommended paths or create your own — useful if you're designing a training programme for your team.
Multilingual Access
All core content is available in 6 languages:
English
Hindi (हिन्दी)
Tamil (தமிழ்)
Bengali (বাংলা)
Telugu (తెలుగు)
Marathi (मराठी)
Switch languages from the platform interface. This makes ImpactMojo usable for teams across South Asia, including field staff who may be more comfortable learning in their first language.
What's Free vs. Premium?
The vast majority of ImpactMojo is completely free — this is a genuine commitment, not a marketing strategy. All 48 courses, 12 games, 10 labs, handouts, ImpactLex, case studies, DevDiscourses, and Dataverse are available at no cost.
Premium memberships (starting at ₹399/month) unlock additional tools, PDF/PNG export from labs, certificates, and priority access to coaching and workshops.
For full details on tiers and pricing, see Premium & Memberships.
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