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Agriculture Facilitation Southern 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 Centre12/08/2019

Managing and Adapting a Development Programme in the classroom

Adaptive Management Agriculture Southeast Asia

Managing and Adapting a Development Programme – Lessons from PRISMA

This case study is part of the AIP-Rural Learning Series. Funders and implementers of international development programs largely agree that…

Springfield Centre12/08/2019

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Adaptive Management Agriculture Southeast Asia

AIP-Rural Learning Series

Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Incomes through Support for Markets in Agriculture (PRISMA) recently commissioned the writing of the AIP-Rural…

Springfield Centre12/08/2019

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Global Guidance Measuring Sustainability

How can we fix the biggest sustainability problem facing development?

How often do you hear the word “sustainability”? In development, we almost all recognise sustainability as a critical component of…

Rachel Shah13/06/2019

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Agriculture Case Study Europe Measuring Systemic Change

Developing Media Market Systems to Address Agricultural Constraints

Mass media is an industry built on disseminating information at scale, and it is often one of the first information…

Rachel Shah22/01/2019

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Case Study MSD in New Sectors Southeast Asia Water & Sanitation

Viability Gap Funding for Private Water Operators in Rural Cambodia

Investing in Infrastructure (3i) is a 5-year, Australian-funded programme working in the rural water and electricity markets in Cambodia. The…

Kate Fogelberg14/12/2018

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Global Guidance MSD Guidance Paper

Unpacking incentives and capacities: factors affecting actor behaviour change

The goal of Market Systems Development (MSD) programmes is to change systems so that they work better for poor, or…

Jake Lomax16/10/2018

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Global Paper Research Guidance

Springfield Working Paper Series #5: A Reality Check for Rapid Immersion in Development Research

In search of rigour, ethics, and relevance One of the most damning critiques of the development industry is that it…

Rachel Shah13/04/2018

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Adaptive Management Global

Does management of market systems approaches need to adapt?

A study into how contractual and management features influence implementation of ‘Making Markets Work for the Poor’ projects. by Victoria…

Springfield Centre13/04/2018

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Adaptive Management Global Paper

Springfield Working Paper Series #6 – Designed to Fail

The development world is abuzz with discussions about how ‘adaptive management’ is critical to more effective aid. Proponents argue that…

Ben Taylor11/04/2018