1112 resources

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 ...

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 ...

Why can’t we measure systemic change?

Why do we lack a precise definition for 'systemic change' despite over a decade of implementing market systems programmes with the explicit goal of systemic change?

Analyse that

Are our market systems analyses fit for purpose? A recent review by the ILO Lab suggests we need to shift focus from paper to practice.

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

ILO-The Lab compares constraints and opportunities in the building construction sector in Mozambique, Zambia and Rwanda

Formalising land rental improves productivity and benefits vulnerable farmers

LIFT

The LIFT programme's Economic Empowerment Unit (EEU) applies the market systems approach to a land certification programme. Land is still the most important asset for the rural poor in Ethiopia, ...

From paper to practice

ILO Lab

An internal review of the quality and use of ILO market system and value chain analyses. Market systems development (MSD) is an analysis-driven approach. As such, MSD programmes need to ...

Forming partnerships with the private sector

Hans Posthumus Consultancy

This presentation provides practical tips on forming partnerships with private sector actors. It covers: how to find and contact partners how to make deals what to finance and how what ...

Increasing productivity through an innovative, individual-based agricultural loan

LIFT

Access to finance allows smallholder farmers to purchase improved inputs and services, giving them the chance to graduate from subsistence farming and move up the productivity chain. The LIFT programme ...

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) plan

DAI Global, LLC and MarketShare Associates

The MEL system supports the strategic and informed management of interventions, while allowing FTF Inova to report on achieved results. The system is built along two lines: Technically rigorous methods ...

Improving the agricultural inputs market to work better for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia

LIFT

A case study of Harvest General Trading (HGT) and their partnership with Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme. HGT was established in 2000 with a mission to increase the accessibility ...

2019 Evidence review

BEAM Exchange

A narrative synthesis of current evidence. What does the current evidence base say about the impact of programmes using the market systems approach? The BEAM Exchange regularly collates and analyses ...

FoodTrade East and Southern Africa (FTESA) final evaluation

itad

The FoodTrade East and Southern Africa (FTESA) programme aimed to catalyse lasting changes that enable efficient trade in staple foods across the region. It sought to improve the lives of ...