Asset Based Community Development: a review of current evidence

This report reviews recent research on Asset Based Community Development (ABCD). ABCD is part of a broader group of asset-based approaches which have been applied in different types of community and settings. This report focuses on evidence about neighbourhood-based ABCD practice, which is the approach being taken in Leeds. Recent research studies are reviewed, building on previous reviews on asset-based approaches. The report summarises the evidence on key topics around ABCD theory, how the approaches work, implementation, evaluation and outcomes.