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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

Glasgow training programme - details not yet released
Details of our 2-week 'Making Markets Work' training programme to be held in Gla...  read more

Mombasa training programme - closing date
The closing date for applications to our 'Making markets work for enterprise in ...  read more

Consultancy positions available at the Springfield Centre
We are seeking to recruit new consultants to join our team in Durham. Recent exp...  read more

Alumni group on Facebook
We have (finally) launched an alumni group on Facebook to facilitate networking ...  read more

New members of the Springfield Centre team
We were delighted to welcome Sarah Brown and Daniel Nippard to our Durham-based ...  read more

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