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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.

Value chain development for decent work

ILO

This third edition of Value chain development for decent work provides an overview of how to take a systems approach to value chain development with the objective of creating more …

Managing the COVID-19 outbreak in Timor-Leste

Development Asia

Timor-Leste contained the spread of COVID-19 through quick and decisive action, and it has adopted a plan for recovery from the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic. It acted rapidly on …

Bridging the gap in rural veterinary services

Propcom Mai-karfi

Livestock disease outbreak is devastating among smallholder farmers who contribute 80 percent of Nigeria’s livestock production and supply. Past approach to get life-saving animal vaccines into rural communities through a …

Sweetening the potential for decent work

ILO

This report is focused on the honey market system. The core research question it seeks to answer is: what are the systemic constraints to and opportunities for generating greater value …

A synergy of growth and employment opportunities

ILO

The aim of this study was to better understand the market constraints in the berry sector that limit job creation, higher incomes and greater productivity  – particularly in relation to …

DCED guide to assessing systemic change

Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED)

Guidelines for programmes implementing the DCED Standard for Results Measurement in Private Sector Development. Systemic change is at the core of effective development, offering the potential to create jobs, provide …

Seizing opportunity - a practitioner’s guide to supporting market systems change toward inclusion and equity

FSG

How can leaders help markets achieve systemic transformations toward inclusion and equity? The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and highlighted the inequities that perpetuate harmful outcomes for billions of people around …

Sustainable services for smallholder farmers

ICCO

This brief focuses on setting up sustainable business services in the targeted value chains of the value chain component of the the Strengthening African Rural Smallholders (STARS) programme working in Senegal, Burkina Faso, …

Measuring income of smallholder farmers

ICCO

Measurement of income and economic empowerment is complex. This brief looks at how to determine the income of the target group in a programme like Strengthening African Rural Smallholders (STARS). …

In search of greener pastures: how can MSD projects better integrate environmental considerations?

How to address environmental objectives in your MSD project

All work and no play

ILO, Lab

This brief outlines the various ways in which the systemic approach to decent work can help child labour projects effectively determine and evaluate the economic root causes for the existence …

Market systems development and the environment

ILO, Lab

While guidance on the potential of the MSD approach to stimulate economic growth and create or improve jobs is strong, guidance on how the approach can be used to advance …

Market Development in Northern Ghana (MADE) programme

Tana Copenhagen/IMC Worldwide

This report responds to FCDO requests to identify the 'big picture' programme findings including lessons that can be learned from other market systems programmes in Africa and how these can …

Innovation, development and COVID-19: challenges, opportunities and ways forward

OECD

This paper focuses on innovation in development and humanitarian efforts in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.  It examines innovation efforts underway in international development and humanitarian responses to …

Upskilling & reskilling in the new normal

AIMS International Albania / Dynamics Partners,

This survey, commissioned by RisiAlbania, focuses on COVID-19's impact on the Albanian workforce. It explores the current workforce needs in upskilling and reskilling and sets out a roadmap for the …

Are MSD programmes too cool for rules?

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

Knowledge clinics offer a virtual method for synthesising best practice in MSD

Tackling complex challenges, virtually, with facilitated knowledge clinics

PIND 2020 market resilience study

PIND

This study looks at how PIND’s market systems approach to development programming helped farmers build resilience in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 provided a unique challenge within the …

Knowledge Clinics: a virtual method for co-creating and codifying knowledge across organisations

BEAM Exchange

This paper introduces knowledge clinics as a virtual method for capturing knowledge from MSD practitioners across various organisations. It explains the main features of the facilitation process, including new adjustments …