Direct sales agent models can empower women economically and meet agribusiness objectives.
This brief identifies practical design considerations for inclusive agricultural Direct Sales Agent (DSA) models. It draws from PRISMA's research and case studies from other sectors - including the health sector. By better …
Summary of key findings and lessons learned from iDE’s monitoring and evaluation from the first half of the SMSU3 programme, July 2018 to December 2020. It includes analysis of sales …
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 …
One of PRISMA’s most important innovations has been the introduction of a sales agent model in rural farming communities. PRISMA promotes the use of direct sales agent models as an …
Assessment of MORINGA's progress towards achieving the project targets. This first impact assessment of MORINGA suggests that the project has succeeded in delivering a positive impact towards the targeted communities, …
First in a Knowledge Series introducing key approaches of GREAT and the context in which the programme operates. GREAT is supporting agriculture and tourism businesses in Son La and Lao …
A landscape analysis and four case studies to explore the intended and unintended consequences of MSD approaches to youth’s and women’s inclusion in agriculture and supporting markets to understand more about: what gender- …
The Business Innovation Facility (BIF) is a five-year DFID-funded market systems development programme that aims to improve the lives of the poor in three countries - Malawi, Myanmar and Nigeria. …
MDF is Australia’s flagship private sector development programme in the Indo-Pacific region. Through the MSD approach it is making innovative efforts to engage the private sector in the promotion of …
This paper reports on the findings of a synthesis review of DFAT’s Market Systems Development initiatives. The review also explored the extent to which MSD approaches can achieve impact across …
This case study presents lessons AIP-Rural on how to work with the private sector. As development agencies increasingly recognise how businesses can contribute to development goals, many have been working …
During its five year period, the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Rural Development (AIP-Rural) has helped to lift thousands of poor farming households out of poverty. This report looks at how the …
Funders and implementers of international development programmes largely agree that adaptive management is industry best practice. Most development experts also broadly agree on what ‘adaptive management’ means. Although there has …
Using monitoring data to improve interventions is harder than it seems. Decision-makers are often busy implementing activities, unclear about their roles in data collection and analysis and uncertain what data …
MSD programmes aim to make markets function more efficiently and beneficially for poor women and men by working mostly with businesses. Alongside this,work with the private sector however, partnerships with …
Development impact requires people and organisations to change their behaviour. Development programmes seeking large-scale, sustainable impact require this behaviour change to spread, and to continue after programme support ends. What …
A case study adding new insights into existing guidance on women's economic empowerment (WEE) in MSD. It examines the widespread challenges to effective WEE mainstreaming in MSD programmes. It also …
A brief fact sheet on Sanitation Marketing Scale-Up Phase 3 (SMSU3) in Cambodia - the first sanitation marketing programme to reach scale in the developing world. It started in 2009 and has facilitated the …
How can we reach the poorest with sanitation without distorting and damaging the market? iDE Cambodia’s Sanitation Marketing Scale-Up (SMSU) programme has been facilitating the sale and delivery of sanitary latrines …