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Are we there yet? The quest for women’s economic empowerment at scale in agricultural market systems, part 2

Part 2: Beyond partnerships

Anna Garloch
14 Apr 2021
Are we there yet? The quest for women’s economic empowerment at scale in agricultural market systems, part 1

Part 1: Incentivising the private sector

Anna Garloch
13 Apr 2021
Promoting female leadership in agricultural value chains

Although women are the backbone of the agricultural sector, they often lack access to capital and agricultural training, making it impossible to invest in their farm activities.

Victoire Umutesi
08 Apr 2021
Women as agricultural sales agents get results

Direct sales agent models can empower women economically and meet agribusiness objectives.

Holly Krueger
30 Mar 2021
Is the MSD approach right to achieve policy change?

LIFT’s policy reform successes in Ethiopia show that MSD programmes are not “too cool for rules”!

Ignacio Fiestas
18 Feb 2021
Causality counts. Not the counterproductive debate on attribution or contribution

Let us focus on assessing what changes and why, and use that information for decision making.

Hans Posthumus
08 Jan 2021
In search of greener pastures: how can MSD projects better integrate environmental considerations?

How to address environmental objectives in your MSD project

Isaac Cowan-Gore
22 Dec 2020
Are MSD programmes too cool for rules?

Are MSD programmes avoiding the crucial role of policy reform in triggering systemic change?

Ines Bentchikou
26 Nov 2020
Knowledge clinics offer a virtual method for synthesising best practice in MSD

Tackling complex challenges, virtually, with facilitated knowledge clinics

Mike Klassen
23 Nov 2020
A pragmatic approach to measuring system change

We've developed A pragmatic approach to assessing system change that programmes can apply themselves

Rachel Shah
12 Oct 2020
Can a systems approach create more and better jobs for Africa’s youth?

Understanding how a market systems approach can improve employment prospects for young people

Aatif Somji
14 Sep 2020
What does market-based programming look like in the age of COVID-19?

Key takeaways from an online discussion series hosted by the Markets in Crisis Community of Practice (MiC)

Markets in Crisis Community of Practice
09 Sep 2020
Addressing gender-based violence and harassment in the private sector

The private sector increasingly recognises the importance of preventing and responding to GBVH

Nomsa Fullbrook
05 Sep 2020
Better menstrual health: lessons from a market systems approach in Tanzania

Can market systems deliver impact for women, at scale?

Marianne Liyayi
31 Aug 2020
Childcare and Women’s Economic Empowerment: what’s the link and what can the market systems approach add?

How some programmes are taking a market systems approach to developing childcare services

Aatif Somji
27 Aug 2020