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 Centre14/10/2020
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 Shah01/05/2020
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 Lomax16/10/2018
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 Shah13/04/2018
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 Taylor11/04/2018
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 Taylor02/03/2018
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 Centre20/04/2016
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 Centre20/02/2014
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 Centre20/08/2013
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 Centre12/04/2006