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Advanced training workshop in results measurement for private sector development

1-5 November and 15-19 November 2021 This unique training workshop, held every two years, brings together experienced results measurement practitioners to share lessons learned, solve common and emerging problems, exchange …

Strengthening African rural smallholders

Cordaid

The STARS programme ended in 2021. It focused on improving access to finance and markets for more than 200,000 smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Senegal and Burkina Faso. This paper …

Cordaid's holistic MSD approach explained through the STARS programme

Cordaid and Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

This Working Paper aims to describe and analyse the approach to innovation adopted by the STARS programme, presenting case studies across diverse value chains in four country contexts (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, …

Impact of second level land certification on tenure security, investment and incomes

LIFT

Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme works with the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to deliver second level land certification (SLLC) to smallholder farmers. This report documents quantitative findings on how …

Economic empowerment component completion report, LIFT

LIFT

Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) programme works with the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to deliver second level land certification (SLLC) to smallholder farmers. It is the first large-scale land tenure reform …

STARS evaluation - final report (summary)

Royal Tropical Institute,

Final programme evaluation of STARS. Through a market system development approach, the project focuses on improving access to finance and markets for more than 200,000 smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Senegal …

Starring women - towards more inclusive agricultural services across Africa

ICCO

Using an MSD approach the Strengthening African Rural Smallholders (STARS) programme improves the lives of smallholder farmers in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Senegal. This brief describes some of the challenges …

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). …

Enterprise Partners’ Monitoring and Results Measurement System and DCED experience

Enterprise Partners

This paper looks at and describes Enterprise Partners’ (EP) Monitoring and Result Measurement (MRM) system, the programme’s application of the different elements of the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) standard and …

Facilitating inclusive growth in Ethiopia: think systemically, act strategically, adjust frequently for best results

Enterprise Partners

Compilation of five case studies about market system transformation at a time when the Government of Ethiopia was just beginning to embrace the private sector as a development partner to …

Youth, women, and market systems development in agriculture and supporting markets

Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE)

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- …

Keeping firms and supply chains afloat in the age of COVID-19

How are firms and their supply chains evolving during the COVID-19 pandemic? Can certain interventions help them stay afloat? The pandemic is disrupting financial systems that until recently, were expanding …

COVID-19 impact studies

Innovision Consulting

Innovision Consulting is undertaking primary research in Bangladesh on low-income occupational groups to assess the impact of COVID 19 on their livelihoods. The data and analysis for each occupational group …

Fintechs report .MZ

FSDMoç

An overview report on fintechs in Mozambique and FSDMoç's engagement with them. The Financial Sector Deepening, Moçambique (FSDMoç) is a six-year programme whose mission is to identify and partner with …

Exploring USAID’s New Finance Wiki

Join the USAID Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Team and partner Deloitte for an interactive session exploring the new Finance Wiki on Marketlinks. Presenters will share why the Wiki was developed, …

Eight lessons on making digital financial inclusion work for women in MENA

Tackling the financial inclusion gender gap to improve women's financial independence and employment prospects.

Does Market Systems Development work for women's financial empowerment?

Working in Jordan and Egypt, the Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund (AWEF) stimulates increased women’s economic empowerment through a market systems approach. As AWEF comes to an end in April 2020, …

Making digital finance work for women in the MENA region

AWEF

Despite progress over the past few years, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region still has the largest gender gap in terms of women’s economic participation in the world. …

Evaluation of mobile money uptake - FSDMoç

FSDMoç

The Financial Services Deepening Mozambique (FSDMoç) is a six-year programme whose mission is to identify and partner with key market stakeholders, offering targeted investments and insights to promote the financial …