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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
Diversity and inclusion in market systems programming

Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of working in market systems and navigating complexity

Anoushka Boodhna
26 Aug 2020
Practical guidance for promoting digital inclusion

Innovations in digital technology as a result of COVID-19 are leaving some vulnerable groups even further behind

Holly Krueger
24 Aug 2020
MSD in disrupted markets: important lessons from Nepal

Evaluating NMDP-Samarth - Nepal's first MSD programme

Edward Hedley
17 Jul 2020
Silver bullet or last resort? Business Membership Organisations in MSD

Why is it that development practitioners can be wary of partnering with Business Membership Organisations (BMOs)?

Isaac Cowan-Gore
25 Jun 2020
Can results last a decade? Understanding sustainability for post-covid19 responses

Understanding if and how a systems project can bring about sustainable change

Elisa Mandelli
01 Jun 2020
COVID-19 and a rapid analysis of Honduran enterprises' capacity to cope

The importance of resilience, and the ability to adapt to shocks, for businesses in Honduras

Sergio Rivas
18 May 2020
MSD programmes need to adapt and innovate due to COVID-19

The longer term impact of COVID-19 in Uganda is still very unclear, but we cannot sit by and just 'wait and see'.

Debora Randall
18 May 2020
Time to #BuildBackBetter the tourism sector to create more and better jobs?

One new job in tourism creates one and a half indirect jobs, but COVID-19 has put a halt to that.

Elisa Mandelli
05 May 2020
Breathing new life into our market systems work

During 2020 Practical Action is revamping its Participatory Markets Systems Development (PMSD) approach to be more accessible, suit specific contexts and better address resilience, gender and the private sector.

John Chettleborough
30 Apr 2020