Ben Taylor, Author at Springfield Centre

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On Marketing in International Development

Picking up on the of Mice and Men soapbox which called for us all to make sure we’re doing something…

Ben Taylor13th April 2018

Adaptive Management Adaptive Management Global Paper Working Papers

Springfield Working Paper Series #6 – Designed to Fail

The development world is abuzz with discussions about how ‘adaptive management’ is critical to more effective aid. Proponents argue that…

Ben Taylor11th April 2018

Development effectiveness Development Effectiveness Global Paper Working Papers

Gridlock: The Failure of Global Governance for International Development

This document is part of the Springfield Working Paper Series as part of the Springfield Centre’s active engagement in linking…

Ben Taylor2nd March 2018

Blog Post Soapboxes

The Wire as a market systems analysis of urban poverty

More than 15 years since it was released, The Wire remains as relevant today as it was then. While the technologies…

Ben Taylor17th January 2018

Article Development Effectiveness Global In the News

How Populism is Distorting the Aid Debate

Why give aid? Respondents to that question fall into a number of different camps. As a crude typology, firstly, you…

Ben Taylor5th April 2017

Adaptive Management Blog Post Soapboxes

Jeopardy: I am helpful jargon in securing buy-in for data-based decision-making, effective programme delivery, and navigating the aid realpolitik A: What is Adaptive Management?

At the risk of simultaneously whinging about and perpetuating a phenomenon, Adaptive Management has recently filled the echo-chambers inhabited by…

Ben Taylor19th September 2016

Article Global Measurement and Evaluation of Systems Monitoring & Evaluation Soapboxes Systemic Change

The System of Evidence

The lack of evidence to support market systems approaches, and particularly attempts to achieve systemic change is widely cited in…

Ben Taylor1st June 2016

Article Education Journal Articles MSD in new sectors Western, Northern & Central Africa

Market systems development in education? An experimental case from Nigeria

Ben Taylor, Sarah Barlow & Roger Cunningham Originally published in Enterprise Development and Microfinance Vol. 27 No. 1, March 2016 Education…

Ben Taylor1st March 2016

Article Development Effectiveness Global Journal Articles MSD in new sectors

New approaches to old problems: systemic change as a unifying objective

Ben Taylor and Jason Donovan Originally published in Enterprise Development and Microfinance Vol. 27 No. 1, March 2016 Systemic approaches to…

Ben Taylor1st March 2016

Adaptive Management Blog Post Measurement and Evaluation of Systems Soapboxes

Data Driven Development Decisions

Mistake number one is calling it monitoring or evaluation or results. The data collection task is one that is integral…

Ben Taylor29th October 2015

Ben Taylor

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On Marketing in International Development

Springfield Working Paper Series #6 – Designed to Fail

Gridlock: The Failure of Global Governance for International Development

The Wire as a market systems analysis of urban poverty

How Populism is Distorting the Aid Debate

Jeopardy: I am helpful jargon in securing buy-in for data-based decision-making, effective programme delivery, and navigating the aid realpolitik A: What is Adaptive Management?

The System of Evidence

Market systems development in education? An experimental case from Nigeria

New approaches to old problems: systemic change as a unifying objective

Data Driven Development Decisions

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