Mike Albu

I am inspired by people who understand realities of business in developing countries, are prepared to think deeply about the complexity of using aid to change market institutions, and also able to translate their insight into lucid analysis and straight-forward guidance. For my own part, I have written about innovation and technological capabilities, sustainable livelihoods, participatory tools in the M4P approach, and market systems analysis in emergency contexts. My particular competency lies in helping to bridge gaps: between donor/NGO and private-sector communities, between social, economic and political discourses, and between the perspectives of policy-makers, advisors and practitioners.

Contributions

Blogs

• Launching now: new crowd-sourced MSD tool stocktaking [2021]
• MSD and job creation: can we measure what counts? [2020]
• How well does the MSD approach work? BEAM’s 2019 Evidence Review [2019]

Resources

• 2021 Evidence review [2021]
• A competency framework for market systems development [2018]
• Inclusive agribusiness alliance workshop, theme papers [2017]
• Comparing M4P and SLA frameworks [2008]
• Mapping the market: participatory marketchain development in practice [2006]