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The Operational Guide for Making Markets Work for the Poor (2nd Edition – French)
The Operational Guide for Making Markets Work for the Poor (2nd Edition – French) GlobalGuidanceMSD Guidance

The Operational Guide for Making Markets Work for the Poor (2nd Edition – French)

DFID/SDC, May 2017 The Operational Guide for Making Markets Work for the Poor (2nd Edition – French): One of a…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre01/05/2017
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How Populism is Distorting the Aid Debate ArticleGlobal

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 Taylor
Ben Taylor05/04/2017
Catalysing Investment Finance for SMEs: FSD Tanzania’s Foray into the Enterprise Growth Market
Catalysing Investment Finance for SMEs: FSD Tanzania’s Foray into the Enterprise Growth Market Case StudyEastern & Southern AfricaFacilitationFinance

Catalysing Investment Finance for SMEs: FSD Tanzania’s Foray into the Enterprise Growth Market

FSD Africa, March 2017 Written for FSD Africa, this case is part of a series of studies exploring “market facilitation…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre01/03/2017
The Growth of Inclusive Insurance in Zambia
The Growth of Inclusive Insurance in Zambia Case StudyEastern & Southern AfricaFinance

The Growth of Inclusive Insurance in Zambia

FSD Africa, December 2016 Written for FSD Africa, this case is part of a series of studies exploring “market facilitation…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre01/12/2016
The Growth of M-Shwari in Kenya
The Growth of M-Shwari in Kenya – a market development story Case StudyEastern & Southern AfricaFinance

The Growth of M-Shwari in Kenya – a market development story

FSD Africa, November 2016 Written for FSD Africa, this case is part of a series of studies exploring “market facilitation…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre01/11/2016
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Who Wants to Give Forever? ArticleGlobalMeasuring Sustainability

Who Wants to Give Forever?

The Springfield Centre, November 2016 This paper re-examines the use of the term ‘sustainability’ in development and the consequences of…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre01/11/2016
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Making Information Systems Work for the Poor: The case of media ArticleEastern & Southern AfricaFacilitationMedia

Making Information Systems Work for the Poor: The case of media

The Springfield Centre, October 2016 This paper considers the importance of information and the constraints to its availability and appropriateness…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre01/10/2016
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Making the most of Serbia’s tourism: The school calendar and the political economy for change Case StudyEuropeFacilitationTourism

Making the most of Serbia’s tourism: The school calendar and the political economy for change

The Springfield Centre, October 2016 This learning case highlights how RDA Zlatibor, financed by SDC, applied a market systems approach…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre01/10/2016
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Businesses behaving badly: why it matters, why it happens and what we do about it ArticleEntrepreneurshipGlobal

Businesses behaving badly: why it matters, why it happens and what we do about it

In many markets we find ‘institutional biases’ - consistent patterns of behaviour among businesspeople, consumers or governments which affect how…
Kevin Seely
Kevin Seely30/09/2016
Formalising Informality: savings groups, community finance and the role of FSD Kenya
Formalising Informality: savings groups, community finance and the role of FSD Kenya Case StudyEastern & Southern AfricaFacilitationFinance

Formalising Informality: savings groups, community finance and the role of FSD Kenya

FSD Africa, September 2016 Written for FSD Africa, this case is part of a series of studies exploring “market facilitation…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre01/09/2016
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