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Evaluation of the market systems development approach - Volume II

Sida

This report presents the case studies for the evaluation of Sida’s management of the market systems development (MSD) approach. The case studies assessed eleven MSD projects funded by Sida in ...

Private Sector Development in fragile and conflict-affected states

Decision Support Unit (DSU)

This learning brief presents some of the key lessons learned in delivering DFID’s Private Sector Developemnt (PSD) programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It draws on case studies ...

Putting the value in land titling

Land rights value chain and market systems development - what is a land title worth?

Six ways to tell if a programme is really ‘doing development differently’

What tells us that a programme is genuinely adaptive - and what rings alarm bells?

Capturing systemic change in Bangladesh

Identifying systemic change and more inclusive market systems development in the USAID Bangladesh Agriculture Value Chains (AVC) programme.

Why don't people do what we want them to?

Behaviour change is the essential but elusive key to success in MSD.

DFID’s Private Sector Development Programme in the DRC

Decision Support Unit (DSU)

DFID's £100 million PSD programme in the DRC seeks to improve the incomes of the poor in an extremely complex, conflict-affected environment. This learning brief summarises the initial design and ...

Can we create better jobs in Africa's booming construction sector?

The Lab, ILO

Where should projects focus their resources to understand and address the causes of constraints in the construction sector? The Lab's market systems analysis of the building construction sector in Mozambique, ...

How do you create change in the face of complex systems challenges?

How do you tackle a problem that is vast, complex and confusing? You don't. You work on the conditions that created the problem.

Applying MSD to artisanal and small-scale mining in Rwanda

Market Systems Development (MSD) has never been applied to the mining sector, specifically artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). This is low-tech, labour-intensive mineral extraction and processing.

‘Win-win’ must be more than a buzzword

The ILO is working to unpack different business models geared towards decent work - and find out what does and doesn't work.

A national review of information impact in Alliances

Alliances Caucasus Programme (ALCP)

Case study profiling nine years of information intervention facilitation by the Alliances Caucasus Programme (ALCP). Since 2008 the programme has sought to improve the ability of the Georgian media to ...

How can a market systems development approach be applied to artisanal and small-scale mining?

Sustainable Development of Mining in Rwanda (SDMR)

Applying MSD to formalise and support artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) in Rwanda. Artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) is a complex, unique, and context-specific sector. This brief shares lessons for policymakers. SDMR ...

Unpacking incentives and capacities: factors affecting actor behaviour change

Springfield Centre

To achieve Market Systems Development (MSD) practitioners are encouraged to analyse the incentives and capacities of different market players. Analysing stakeholder incentives and capacities enables programmes to: understand why the ...

NU-TEC 2018 Annual Review

Annual review 2018 on NU-TEC's work in Northern Uganda. NU-TEC aims to increase the income and climate-resilience of poor men and women in northern Uganda. The project consists of three ...

What the MSD handbook doesn't tell you

Why it is important to think in terms of messiness when implementing market system development and the implications for programme design and management.

Prove and improve: adapting M&E to better support business growth and project learning in MSD

Monitoring, evaluation & learning (MEL) is not meant to focus just on project performance. Thus, the USAID's Feed the Future Mozambique Agricultural Innovations Activity has developed new MEL tools to ...

Harnessing the market systems approach to delay first birth among married adolescents

Lessons from market assessments in Niger and Bangladesh.

Beyond value chains

Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society

The paper outlines results and lessons learned from global and Australian MSD programmes to date. It provides insights on questions such as: whether poverty impacts are being achieved and at ...

Building a global learning alliance on adaptive management

ODI

This paper describes the Global Learning for Adaptive Management initiative (GLAM) and what it plans to do over the next four years (2018-2022). GLAM seeks to address the increasingly complex ...