The Trouble with BDS
This is blog 1 of 2 in a series drawing on lessons from Georgia’s Rural SME Development Project (RSMEDP)The traditional…
Springfield Centre06/07/2026
Georgia’s ‘Growth Hub’ network supporting rural business
Georgia’s post-pandemic economic rebound has been strong, but its benefits remain unevenly distributed. Growth has concentrated in major cities, while…
Springfield Centre03/07/2026
MSD Debate: Consolidate or Proliferate
Getting back to basics After nearly three decades of shaping, applying and advocating for market systems development (MSD), the Springfield…
Springfield Centre10/06/2026
SDGs at 10: Sustainable Development Goals or Some Decorative Graphics?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) just turned ten. In human terms, that's old enough to know better. In development terms,…
Springfield Centre20/05/2026
Signed, Sealed and (Still Not) Delivered
When Aid Ambition Meets Political Reality In 1970, the world’s richest countries gathered under the banner of the United Nations…
Springfield Centre14/05/2026
Making markets work for the poo-er: from pilot to sustained scale in the health sector
Following our recent piece on pilots, we thought we'd share a real life example of how a 'failed' pilot can…
Springfield Centre28/04/2026
In defence of pilots
Spare a thought for the pilots. Not the ones in the cockpit. We’re talking about all those tests and experiments…
Springfield Centre23/04/2026
Fostering & Scaling Innovation: The Sahaj Challenge Fund
What does innovation actually look like in frontier markets? It’s not always a breakthrough product or a shiny platform. It…
Springfield Centre29/01/2026
Sounds of Silence
What the aid sector won’t say (and why it matters more than what it does say) Silence is not the…
Springfield Centre19/12/2025
Opening remote areas to tourism
Why ‘Build It and They Will Come’ Doesn’t Work Tourism loves novelty. Operators search for “hidden gems”, “pristine locations” and…
Springfield Centre16/12/2025