Eastern & Southern Africa Articles & Case Studies

Packs of oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc

Blog Post Eastern & Southern Africa

Making markets work for the poo-er: from pilot to sustained scale in the health sector

Following our recent piece on pilots, we thought we'd share a real life example of how a 'failed' pilot can…

Springfield Centre28/04/2026

Case Study Eastern & Southern Africa Measuring Systemic Change Water & Sanitation

Agenda for Change Systems Strengthening Research: RANO WASH, Madagascar

The Agenda for Change Global Hub supports its members to deliver systems change and document and share their experiences in…

Springfield Centre08/09/2022

Agriculture Climate & Environment Eastern & Southern Africa

Analysis and modelling of climate smart service delivery models

SNV, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) The livelihoods of many farmers and producers across East Africa are under increasing threat…

Roger Oakeley26/05/2021

Article Development Effectiveness Eastern & Southern Africa

Even supporters should ask questions about Scotland’s overseas aid

RECENTLY I drew attention to a report on the Scottish Government’s international development fund, which claimed we don’t know enough…

Springfield Centre23/02/2018

Article Development Effectiveness Eastern & Southern Africa

Scots international aid liable to be squandered says damning report

MINISTERS have no way of measuring the effectiveness of its £10 million international development budget, a new report has warned.…

Springfield Centre23/02/2018

Case Study Eastern & Southern Africa Facilitation Finance

How the LIFT project in Ethiopia promotes financial inclusion

Lessons learned from access to finance interventions within the Land Investment for Transformation Programme (LIFT) in Ethiopia. The case study looks at…

Springfield Centre31/10/2017

Reducing poverty through financial sector development

Article Eastern & Southern Africa Facilitation Finance

The Art of Financial Market Facilitation; Learning from the Financial Sector Deepening Network

FSD Africa, July 2017 This paper published by FSD Africa explores the art of market facilitation in action through a…

Springfield Centre01/07/2017

Adaptive Management Article Eastern & Southern Africa Finance

Market Facilitation Is the Way Ahead, But It Needs to Do More

By Alan Gibson Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on CGAP’s website and can be viewed HERE Kenya is a…

Alan Gibson27/06/2017

Case Study Eastern & Southern Africa Finance

Using Information as a Driver of Change: lessons from FinScope South Africa

FSD Africa, October 2016 Written for FSD Africa, this case is part of a series of studies exploring “market facilitation…

Springfield Centre01/05/2017

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