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Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) mainstreaming in DFID’s PSD programme in the DRC

Decision Support Unit

DFID's DRC programme has sought to mainstream GESI throughout its programmes. It used programme logframes to incentivise focus on GESI and each project adopted different approaches to mainstreaming and measuring ...

Promoting economic transformation through Business Environment Reform

DCED

A report into how donors can support Economic Transformation (ET) through Business Environment Reform (BER). It discusses findings by focusing on: Definitions of ET Drivers of ET and how BER ...

Does market development work in Nepal?

Itad

A Learning Note from Itad following the completion of an evaluation of Samarth-NMDP1 for DFID. This is the first market systems programme in Nepal and Itad discusses: whether the programme ...

Inclusive systems development through the looking glass

Sustainability doesn't just happen - Swisscontact and the Springfield Centre on the evolution of MSD.

Business models for decent work

the Lab, ILO

This paper presents a framework for assessing the efficacy of business models. It explores cases in Afghanistan, Zambia, Kosovo and Nigeria to draw out practical lessons on how market systems ...

Building inclusive markets in forced displacement settings

A new ILO report distils lessons learned for MSD in fragile and forced displacement settings.

System failure: why a ‘cut and paste’ approach to tech isn’t working

New technologies are often seen as a quick fix for some of the most difficult MSD challenges.

What have we learned from a close look at 3 DFID Adaptive Management programmes?

A look at three case studies of DFID-funded Adaptive Management projects in Myanmar, Tanzania and Nigeria

How well does the MSD approach work? BEAM’s 2019 Evidence Review

Last month we published the 2019 BEAM Evidence Review – our third such report.

Market systems resilience - a concept to reframe systemic change and sustainability?

Market systems resilience connects systemic change and sustainability

How to strengthen learning around market systems development

Evidence of the effectiveness of the MSD approach is not strong enough - what can we do to change this?

A market system by any other name would smell as sweet

How does Doing Development Differently (DDD) and Problem Driven Iterative Adaption (PDIA) connect to core principles of the MSD approach?

Working with the private sector to empower women

Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund (AWEF)

This brief, by the Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund (AWEF), brings together learning and experience on how to build a robust business case for adopting gender-sensitive practices. A compelling business case ...

Samarth-NMDP Programme

e-Pact

Final report of the DFID-funded evaluation of the Samarth Nepal Market Development Programme (Samarth-NMDP) in Nepal. Samarth-NMDP was the first programme in Nepal to be designed according to the M4P ...

Changing aid industry norms

ELAN RDC

With crises plaguing the DRC for the last 25 years, the aid industry has become a key player in the Congolese economy. Relief and recovery efforts have become some of ...

Evaluation of market systems development interventions for refugee and host communities in Jijiga, Ethiopia

ILO

This one-year project to promote livelihoods of forcibly displaced persons and host communities focused on improving livelihoods in the livestock sector in the Somali Region of Ethiopia using the Approach ...

How can we fix the biggest sustainability problem facing development?

Measuring how long a programme's impact lasts is crucial to understanding its sustainability.

AgDevCo and transformational impact in Africa's agricultural sector

How does AgDevCo conceptualise its wider impact on the agricultural sector?

Making the case for MSD #1: Katalyst 'Seeds of change'

BEAM Exchange

Quickly communicate the nuts and bolts of the MSD approach to a wide range of audiences. This is one of a series of short slide presentations for MSD advocates. Each ...

Work-based learning within the vocational education and training VET system in Kosovo

SDC / EYE

Report detailing the implementation of dual education through a work-based learning (WBL) scheme supported by SDC’s Enhancing Youth Employment (EYE). Initiated in close cooperation with Ministry of Education, Science and ...