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GlobalGuidanceMeasuring Systemic ChangePaper

A Pragmatic Approach to Measuring System Change

Joint Authored by Alexandra Miehlbradt, Rachel Shah, Hans Posthumus and Adam Kessler In recent years, growing recognition of the need…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre14th October 2020
GlobalMeasuring Systemic ChangePaperVideo

A Pragmatic Approach to Assessing System Change

Authored by: Hans Posthumus, Rachel Shah, Alexandra Miehlbradt, Adam Kessler Few topics inspire as much confusion and debate as systemic…
Rachel Shah
Rachel Shah1st May 2020
GlobalGuidanceMSD GuidancePaper

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 Lomax
Jake Lomax16th October 2018
GlobalPaperResearch 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 Shah
Rachel Shah13th April 2018
Adaptive ManagementGlobalPaper

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 Taylor
Ben Taylor11th April 2018
Development effectivenessGlobalPaper

Gridlock: The Failure of Global Governance for International Development

This document is part of the Springfield Working Paper Series as part of the Springfield Centre’s active engagement in linking…
Ben Taylor
Ben Taylor2nd March 2018
GlobalMSD GuidancePaper

Systems and Systemic Change – Clarity in Concept

The Springfield Centre, April 2016 This paper seeks to contribute to a debate in development policy and practice around the…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre20th April 2016
Adaptive ManagementAgriculturePaperSouthern Asia

Making Sense of ‘Messiness’

The Springfield Centre and Samarth-NMDP, February 2014 This paper provides a critical practitioner insight into how a large, multi-sector market…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre20th February 2014
Development effectivenessGlobalPaper

DSA Conference Paper: Who Wants to Give Forever? Giving Meaning to Sustainability in Development

The Springfield Centre, August 2013 This conference paper, delivered at the DSA conference in November 2013, re-examines the use of…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre20th August 2013
GlobalMSD GuidancePaper

Making Markets Work for the Poor – “Comparative Approaches to Private Sector Development”

SDC, Switzerland, April 2006 A technical paper (prepared on behalf of the FAUNO Consortium) exploring the application of the Making…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre12th April 2006
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