"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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By Kate Fogelberg Amongst all of the other news stories about the American election, I wouldn’t be too surprised if you missed the Daily Mail’s piece on UK aid contractors...
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By Kate Fogelberg I am fresh off the plane from Springfield’s semi-annual “Making Markets Work” (M4P) training programme. I first attended this programme four years ago when my previous employer...
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DFID is now the largest donor for basic WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) services in low-income countries, investing over £700m in the period from 2010-2014. And as they say, “With...
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