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Are we asking the right questions? To the right people? At the right time? In the right ways? As an evidence-led approach, pragmatic analysis lies at the heart of market systems development. The approach is only ever as good as the research that underpins it.

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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 Shah
Rachel Shah13th April 2018
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Development’s New Sickness – ‘Cognitive Dissonance’

Ben Taylor Originally featured on businessfightspoverty.org Like British sportspeople and the overuse of acronyms, evidence-based policy and systemic change are…
Ben Taylor
Ben Taylor11th November 2013

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