Papers on Market Systems Development

Global Guidance Measuring Systemic Change Paper

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 Centre14/10/2020

Global Measuring Systemic Change Paper Video

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 Shah01/05/2020

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

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

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

Development Effectiveness Global Paper

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 Taylor02/03/2018

Global MSD Guidance Paper

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 Centre20/04/2016

Adaptive Management Agriculture Paper Southern 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 Centre20/02/2014

Development Effectiveness Global Paper

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 Centre20/08/2013

Global MSD Guidance Paper

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 Centre12/04/2006

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