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Welcome to the Springfield Centre

The Springfield Centre is an independent consulting, training and research organisation specialising in private sector development in low and middle-income economies.

At the heart of our work is the conviction that successful, inclusive private sector development must be shaped by a stronger market orientation. Our goal is to change the way that private sector development is done.

We have particular expertise in the design, development and assessment of interventions in financial services, SME development, business services, the policy and regulatory environment and sector development.

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What's new?

Springfield Centre training programme. Details of our next programme are now available.   read more

'Making Markets Work' programmes in 2012
In 2012 we will offer our annual 2-week 'Making Markets Work' programme in Glasg...  read more

Welcome to Tim Stewart
We are pleased to introduce our new team member, Tim Stewart, who joined us in O...  read more

New Springfield Centre team member
We are pleased to introduce our new team member – Kevin Seely – who joined us in...  read more

Glasgow 2011 Making Markets Work programme - September
We look forward to welcoming participants to this 2-week event in Glasgow, whic...  read more

M4P materials now available in French
The three documents (Synthesis, Perspectives, Operational Guide) on the making m...  read more

New addition to the Springfield Centre team
We are delighted to introduce our new team member - Roger Oakeley - who joined u...  read more

New M4P facility - your views please
DFID, SDC and Sida have established an initiative to strengthen knowledge manage...  read more

Alumni group on Facebook
We have launched an alumni group on Facebook to facilitate networking amongst pa...  read more

New material on M4P available
Three new documents on the making markets work for the poor (M4P) approach have ...  read more