David Elliott, Author at Springfield Centre

Case Study Facilitation Policy Western, Northern & Central Africa

National Assembly Business Environment Roundtables (NASSBER) – securing economic opportunity

In the past 2 years, the Nigerian economy has suffered from significant slump in the price of oil on the…

David Elliott15/11/2017

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Making Markets Work for the Poor — Science, Art or Speculation?

As an adviser, trainer and all-round advocate of the “making markets work for the poor” approach to more effective development,…

David Elliott03/07/2017

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Give enterprise challenge funds a chance: isn’t 300 years enough time?

Around 18 months ago I was part of a peer review panel to a project led by Robin Davies and…

David Elliott02/03/2016

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Plans and pain: are we mice or men .…?

On Saturday 24 January I’ll be revisiting my Scottish roots (albeit rather distant ones!) and attending a Burns supper. For…

David Elliott21/01/2015

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Taking the “P” out of M4P?

Development loves acronyms. Development loves alliteration. It loves to dumb down, distil and disseminate decidedly dodgy diatribes of development determinants.…

David Elliott31/01/2014

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The ‘hidden’ costs of increasing UK aid

UK aid budgets are increasing. At 0.56% of the UK’s Gross National Income (GNI), the UK spent around GBP 8.5bn…

David Elliott25/04/2013

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Exploding the myth of Challenge Funds – a start at least…

By David Elliott Over the past decade I’ve been increasingly exposed to challenge funds (matching grants allocated on a competitive…

David Elliott29/01/2013

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Development Communication: an unspoken framework for actions and results

By David Elliott This soapbox article is inspired by what I thought was an excellent piece – Saying No to…

David Elliott09/01/2013

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National Assembly Business Environment Roundtables (NASSBER) – securing economic opportunity

Making Markets Work for the Poor — Science, Art or Speculation?

Give enterprise challenge funds a chance: isn’t 300 years enough time?

Plans and pain: are we mice or men .…?

Taking the “P” out of M4P?

The ‘hidden’ costs of increasing UK aid

Exploding the myth of Challenge Funds – a start at least…

Development Communication: an unspoken framework for actions and results

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