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A lot occupant fills up an application for a free patent title (Sta Fe, Agusan del Sur) “H ow do you plan to scale your reform?” It’s the buzz-question of the day, the latest trend in the development world. How can the scope and benefits of your reform go beyond its initial area of implementation, preferably without investing additional funds or effort? It’s the antidote to pilotitis , the expensive practice of implementing a sophisticated reform in the one place it can happen, then leaving it there to hopefully inspire others to copy. Scaling up is about getting the widest bang for the development buck. If the reform can be scaled, more would benefit. But it has to scale without additional effort from you or additional investment from your funder. A good number of reforms have been scaled up, and subsequently attracted attention. Scaling up has been talked about in national and international development conferences. So muc...