Kate Fogelberg, Rob Hitchins, Rachel Shah How MSD programmes are dealing with the economic crisis during the health crisis[1] The COVID-19 crisis has generated numerous challenges for aid agencies as...
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Kate Fogelberg, Rob Hitchins, Rachel Shah In a crash, it is not the speed that kills you, it’s the sudden stop[1] The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of how...
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Kate Fogelberg & Rachel Shah We’re all familiar with the term mansplaining. We’ve either done it, had it done to us, or been wrongly accused of doing it. Some might...
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This month saw Greta Thunberg receive both TIME magazine’s award for Person of the Year and a hefty dose of bespoke bullying from the Climate Denier in Chief, Donald Trump....
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Market Development Facility (MDF) Sri Lanka commissioned research into the evolution of the Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) market in Northern Sri Lanka. The full case study is available by clicking...
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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I don't...
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A Tale of Two Cities: Applying market systems development in urban contexts “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” 160 years since Dickens penned the...
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Investing in Infrastructure (3i) is a 5-year, Australian-funded programme working in the rural water and electricity markets in Cambodia. The Springfield Centre researched and developed a case study on 3i's programme...
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Sometimes our worlds collide. This spring, professionally, I am in the midst of guiding a team through developing a new market systems programme in a challenging environment. When not busy...
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First it was sustainability. Then it was scale. Now it’s smart. My frustration with over-loved and under-defined S-words in development reached a new low today. Just this week I have...
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