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How can we fix the biggest sustainability problem facing development?

By Rachel ShahSustainability6 Comments
How often do you hear the word “sustainability”? In development, we almost all recognise sustainability as a critical component of success. Yet privately, whether we work as a donor, implementer...
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13th June 2019
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Unpacking incentives and capacities: factors affecting actor behaviour change

By Jake LomaxSustainability, Systemic Change, Working PapersNo Comments
The goal of Market Systems Development (MSD) programmes is to change systems so that they work better for poor, or otherwise disadvantaged, people. In practice, changing systems means changing the...
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16th October 2018
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Making Markets Work for the Poo-er: Systemic Sanitation Problems Require Systemic Sanitation Solutions

By Kate FogelbergSoapboxes, SustainabilityNo Comments
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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13th January 2017
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Who Wants to Give Forever?

By Springfield CentreDevelopment Effectiveness, Journal Articles, SustainabilityNo Comments
The Springfield Centre, November 2016 This paper re-examines the use of the term ‘sustainability’ in development and the consequences of its frequent misinterpretation. It argues for a reconsideration of sustainability...
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1st November 2016
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WASHing their hands of the sustainability question: ICAI’s DFID WASH Review

By Kate FogelbergDevelopment Effectiveness, Soapboxes, SustainabilityNo Comments
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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27th July 2016
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DSA Conference Paper: Who Wants to Give Forever? Giving Meaning to Sustainability in Development

By Springfield CentreDevelopment Effectiveness, Journal Articles, SustainabilityNo Comments
The Springfield Centre, August 2013 This conference paper, delivered at the DSA conference in November 2013, re-examines the use of the term ‘sustainability’ in development and the consequences of its...
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20th August 2013
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