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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 ...

Causality counts. Not the counterproductive debate on attribution or contribution

Let us focus on assessing what changes and why, and use that information for decision making.

Value chain development for decent work

ILO

This third edition of Value chain development for decent work provides an overview of how to take a systems approach to value chain development with the objective of creating more ...

Seizing opportunity - a practitioner’s guide to supporting market systems change toward inclusion and equity

FSG

How can leaders help markets achieve systemic transformations toward inclusion and equity? The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and highlighted the inequities that perpetuate harmful outcomes for billions of people around ...

Are MSD programmes too cool for rules?

Are MSD programmes avoiding the crucial role of policy reform in triggering systemic change?

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 ...

Getting beyond tier 1

ILO, Lab

Engaging with suppliers beyond tier one (i.e. vendors) is particularly challenging. But it is vital, as the biggest social and environmental risks often lie hidden further down the supply chain. ...

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 ...

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 ...