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Research methods for systemic change programmes

Agora Global

A guide presenting a toolkit of methods useful for systemic change programmes. Those involved in systemic change programmes - funders, practitioners and evaluators - come from a wide range of ...

Mesopartner Summer Academy 2021 on systemic economic development

The annual Summer Academy of Mesopartner targets professionals who have already collected some experience in designing, implementing and facilitating economic development processes and building team capacity. The Mesopartner Summer Academy ...

A pragmatic approach to measuring system change

We've developed A pragmatic approach to assessing system change that programmes can apply themselves

DCED Standard for Results Measurement training

DevLearn’s online training course shows you how to measure and use results using the DCED Standard for Results Measurement, a practical framework used by over a hundred programmes worldwide. Online ...

AAER Revisited

3sd.Research

AAER (Adopt-Adapt-Expand-Respond) is a commonly used framework in market systems development (MSD) programming. It originated from work between the Springfield Centre and the Katalyst programme in Bangladesh, and was written ...

PAVE systems change study

MEDA / Engro foundation

Findings of a qualitative study to measure systems-level impacts of the PAVE Pakistan project. The study findings suggest systemic change has been initiated at the individual, community and institutional level ...

Can results last a decade? Understanding sustainability for post-covid19 responses

Understanding if and how a systems project can bring about sustainable change

A pragmatic approach to assessing system change

Date: 30 April, 2020 09:00 BST (08:00 GMT) Speakers: Aly Miehlbradt, Miehlbradt Consulting Ltd Hans Posthumus, Hans Posthumus Consultancy Rachel Shah, The Springfield Centre Adam Kessler, DCED *If you signed ...

Can development results last a decade?

The Lab, ILO

In market systems development programmes, is 'sustainability' a realistic project objective or just a baseless buzzword? One of the core selling points of using a systems approach is that the ...

MSD and job creation: can we measure what counts?

The need to ‘prove results’ in job creation easily creates incentives for unsustainable quick fixes that do not shift the conditions holding problems in place.

The schism in systemic change measurement

There are two schools of thought in the MSD community as to how to go about assessing systemic change. These are rooted in two different ways of seeing systems.

Cracking the Nut 2019 - leveraging systems for improved food security

Connexus

The 2019 conference focused on the need for international development practitioners to move from a 'project' to a 'systems' mentality in order to achieve sustainable and scalable impact. The conference ...

The Art of the Pivot…in the context of results-based management

Responding to moral dilemmas arising from interventions in MSD programmes

The antidote to systemic change frameworks

3sd.Research

While there are number of frameworks available that attempt to define systemic change, they are of limited value to those who have to go about assessing change. Whatever you think ...

A pragmatic approach to assessing system change

HPC / Springfield Centre / Miehlbradt Consulting / DCED

Planning for and assessing system change is a strategic management issue. It is critical for everything from developing a strategy and designing interventions, to adapting strategy, improving implementation and reporting ...

Embracing complexity

Ashoka Deutschland gGmbH and McKinsey & Company, Inc.

This report is a collaborative effort of funders, intermediaries and systems change leaders who aim to send a signal to the social sector funding community - including philanthropists, foundations, impact ...

Sustainable change of market actors’ behaviour at scale

Springfield Centre

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 ...

Inclusive systems development through the looking glass

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

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?

How can we fix the biggest sustainability problem facing development?

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