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Legal and Structural Barriers to Livelihoods for Refugees

This webinar explores the legal and structural barriers to refugees’ entry into markets in two contexts. Oxfam will explore findings from an emergency livelihoods study for returnees in Afghanistan and ...

The Annual Regional BDS Conference

On its 13th edition, The Annual Regional BDS Conference remains one of the largest learning platform to advance the practice of market system development and value chain facilitation within East ...

SPRING Businesses at Social Capital Markets (SOCAP)

SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) is in the vanguard of the emerging global impact economy, convening ideas and capital to catalyse world change. SOCAP18 will convene over 3,000 impact investors, world-class ...

How do you spot and grab an opportunity?

Applying the systemic approach in complex environments: youth employment in Albania and spotting opportunities in the ICT sector

Accelerating Gaza’s tech ecosystem (SkyGeeks)

Mercy Corps

Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG) is the leading co-working space, pre-seed startup accelerator and technology education hub in Gaza. It aims to build an internationally competitive technology ecosystem in Palestine through ...

Promoting systemic change in shallow markets

MDF: Market Development Facility

This paper is based on the experience and lessons learnt by the Australian-funded Market Development Facility (MDF). MDF was implemented by Cardno during Phase I (2011-2017) and Palladium and Swisscontact ...

ENABLE2 project closure report

ASI / Springfield Centre

Enhancing Nigerian Advocacy for a Better Business Environment 2 (ENABLE2) is a DfID-funded business environment programme. It focuses on improving the quality and quantity of business advocacy and public-private dialogue ...

Growth in Rural Economy & Agriculture in Tajikistan (GREAT)

IMC Worldwide

Final evaluation report for Growth in Rural Economy & Agriculture in Tajikistan (GREAT). GREAT's objective was to increase inclusive rural economic growth in Tajikistan.

Digital Financial Services (DFS) market strategy

Enterprise Partners (EP)

Enterprise Partners (EP) is a social enterprise facilitating market development to create jobs and raise incomes of Ethiopians living with poverty, particularly women.

Inspiring and influencing the young job seekers of Albania

The RisiAlbania project was established to respond to the significant problem of youth unemployment in Albania. Almost one in three of young people aged between 15 and 29 are unemployed. ...

Job matching services in Kosovo

The Kosovo Enhancing Youth Employment (EYE) project supports employment opportunities of young women and men, graduating from schools and universities, by facilitating their transition from formal education to work. The ...

Facilitating youth employment in the IT sector

This case study looks into the role of the SDC-funded MarketMakers project that is addressing youth unemployment in the IT sector of Bosnia & Herzegovina. Its main goal is 'Improved ...

Framework for measuring green impact in M4P interventions in Ethiopia

Enterprise Partners

By combining relevant sustainability principles with lessons drawn from the UK's Green Investment Bank, Enterprise Partners have developed the Green Impact Measurement Framework. This poster provides an overview of the ...

Quality of engineers for Multinational Enterprises (MNE’s)

PMDP

A brief analysis on the failure to graduate quality software engineers in Palestine which has a direct impact on scaling the software outsourcing as well as attracting more Diaspora offshoring ...

MNEs outsourcing to Palestinians

PMDP

The report highlights the potential for growth, and the binding constraints to that growth, of the ICT sector in Palestine. MNEs solutions outsourcing has a global market of about $480 ...

Working with mass media to improve policy advocacy in Nigeria

The Springfield Centre and Adam Smith International

The case study focuses on ENABLE (Enhancing Nigerian Advocacy for a Better Business Environment), and the work it has carried out to reform the media in Nigeria; specifically, to increase ...

Facility for new market development (FNMD) to strengthen the private sector in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Triple Line Consulting

The report is an independent evaluation of the Palestinian Facility for New Market Development (FNMD) project which is jointly financed by DFID and the World Bank and provides a matching ...

Synthesis of evaluations on support to business development

Danida

The aim of this synthesis paper is to establish an overview of evaluations, studies on performance, lessons learned and evidence reports for effective development cooperation in the business sector. It’s ...

Business Services Market Development Programme (BSMDP) completion review

Business Services Market Development Programme (BSMDP)

The Kenya Business Services Market Development Programme (BSMDP) introduced a new approach to sectoral development with a strong focus on making markets work for the poor (MW4P). It used sustainable ...

The role and impact of radio in reforming the rural business environment in Africa

Springfield Centre

A focus on the role played by radio in reshaping the business environment in Uganda. The report is part of series that aims to add to the understanding of the ...