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Facilitation

Facilitation – an art or a science? Perhaps a bit of both, but either way it is a challenging task and not a smokescreen for letting market players do all the hard work!

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Partnering with the Public Sector to Improve Market Systems: Experiences and Lessons from AIP-Rural AgricultureCase StudyFacilitationSoutheast Asia

Partnering with the Public Sector to Improve Market Systems: Experiences and Lessons from AIP-Rural

This case study is part of the AIP-Rural Learning Series. Market system development (MSD) programs aim to make markets function…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre12/08/2019
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Sustainable Change of Market Actors’ Behaviour at Scale: Lessons from AIP-Rural AgricultureCase StudyFacilitationSoutheast Asia

Sustainable Change of Market Actors’ Behaviour at Scale: Lessons from AIP-Rural

This case study is part of the AIP-Rural Learning Series Development impact requires people and organisations to change their behaviour.…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre12/08/2019
Farmer
Working with Private Sector for Development – Experiences and Lessons from AIP-Rural AgricultureFacilitationSouthern Asia

Working with Private Sector for Development – Experiences and Lessons from AIP-Rural

This case study is part of the AIP-Rural Learning Series. Development agencies are increasingly recognising how businesses’ investment, innovations, expertise, efficiency…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre12/08/2019
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Is a genuinely sustainable, locally-led, politically-smart approach to economic governance and Business Environment Reform possible? Case StudyFacilitationPolicyWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Is a genuinely sustainable, locally-led, politically-smart approach to economic governance and Business Environment Reform possible?

This paper examines what it means to be genuinely sustainable, locally-led, and politically-smart, drawing on the successes and failures of the…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre04/01/2018
Community Journalism networks - voices from the village
Community Journalism networks – voices from the village ArticleFacilitationMediaWestern, Northern & Central Africa

Community Journalism networks – voices from the village

Community Journalism networks as a method of enhancing news and programming on commercial radio in Africa Africa’s small private radio…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre14/12/2017
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National Assembly Business Environment Roundtables (NASSBER) – securing economic opportunity Case StudyFacilitationPolicyWestern, Northern & Central Africa

National Assembly Business Environment Roundtables (NASSBER) – securing economic opportunity

In the past 2 years, the Nigerian economy has suffered from significant slump in the price of oil on the…
David Elliott
David Elliott15/11/2017
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How the LIFT project in Ethiopia promotes financial inclusion Case StudyEastern & Southern AfricaFacilitationFinance

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 Centre
Springfield Centre31/10/2017
Reducing poverty through financial sector development
The Art of Financial Market Facilitation; Learning from the Financial Sector Deepening Network ArticleEastern & Southern AfricaFacilitationFinance

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 Centre
Springfield Centre01/07/2017
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
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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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