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Challenge Funds

Publications including articles, case studies, guidance and news, tagged as Challenge Funds.

Fostering and Scaling Innovation
Fostering & Scaling Innovation: The Sahaj Challenge Fund Case StudyDevelopment EffectivenessSouthern Asia

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 Centre
Springfield Centre29/01/2026
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ABCs of MSD: C is for… Challenge Funds Blog Post

ABCs of MSD: C is for… Challenge Funds

Sarah Barlow and Rachel Shah This post is part of a learning series exploring good practice, examples, or new applications…
Sarah Barlow
Sarah Barlow11/02/2022
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Give enterprise challenge funds a chance: isn’t 300 years enough time? Blog Post

Give enterprise challenge funds a chance: isn’t 300 years enough time?

Around 18 months ago I was part of a peer review panel to a project led by Robin Davies and…
David Elliott
David Elliott02/03/2016
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Exploding the myth of Challenge Funds – a start at least… Blog Post

Exploding the myth of Challenge Funds – a start at least…

By David Elliott Over the past decade I’ve been increasingly exposed to challenge funds (matching grants allocated on a competitive…
David Elliott
David Elliott29/01/2013
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Mid-Term Review of AusAID’s Asia-Pacific Enterprise Challenge Fund Australia & PacificCase StudyDevelopment EffectivenessEntrepreneurship

Mid-Term Review of AusAID’s Asia-Pacific Enterprise Challenge Fund

AusAID, November 2009 This mid-term evaluation was later published by AusAID, and hence is now available for download on our…
Springfield Centre
Springfield Centre19/11/2009

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