Posts on Market Systems Development

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Book Review: Piketty’s ‘Capital in the 21st Century’

By Dr Ben Taylor The Irrelevance of Inequality in Aid Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century and much of…

Ben Taylor27/10/2014

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The development tourist’s guide to…writing a case study

By Roger Oakeley The case study has become a staple in the development diet of those seeking to evaluate and…

Roger Oakeley17/10/2014

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Who’s invited to the wedding in private sector engagement?

Private sector engagement. In development, it’s buzzier than a wasp in a jam factory. For the ever growing number of ‘systems…

Ben Taylor08/08/2014

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Reducing vulnerability matters. But what do we do about it?

Risk-taking is often glamourised as the route to riches. We sometimes forget that risk-taking can as easily make you poor. A…

Kevin Seely13/05/2014

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If we want better development, cut the UK aid budget

The UK aid budget is central to debates on development effectiveness. This article explores why reducing the UK aid budget…

Alan Gibson17/03/2014

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Why DFID’s proposed new Start Up! programme is bunkum and should be ditched

When a donor issues a proposal of dubious development worth, the usual practice of contractors is to keep schtum, hiding…

Alan Gibson17/02/2014

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So why does development fail? Here’s why…

“Why does development fail?” To a familiar and fundamental question arrives insight from an unusual source with, potentially, far-reaching significance.…

Alan Gibson13/02/2014

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Taking the “P” out of M4P?

Development loves acronyms. Development loves alliteration. It loves to dumb down, distil and disseminate decidedly dodgy diatribes of development determinants.…