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MSD Debate: Consolidate or Proliferate

Getting back to basics After nearly three decades of shaping, applying and advocating for market systems development (MSD), the Springfield…

Springfield Centre10/06/2026

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SDGs at 10: Sustainable Development Goals or Some Decorative Graphics?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) just turned ten. In human terms, that's old enough to know better. In development terms,…

Springfield Centre20/05/2026

Case Study Development Effectiveness Southern 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 Centre29/01/2026

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Sounds of Silence

What the aid sector won’t say (and why it matters more than what it does say) Silence is not the…

Springfield Centre19/12/2025

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Opening remote areas to tourism

Why ‘Build It and They Will Come’ Doesn’t Work Tourism loves novelty. Operators search for “hidden gems”, “pristine locations” and…

Springfield Centre16/12/2025

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Why generative AI thinks like a development programme

This blog is part of a series in which we have enlisted the help of OMG (Omniscient MSD Guru), our…

Springfield Centre31/10/2025

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MSD as a Practical Approach for Climate Action

MSD cannot solve climate change but it offers tried-and-tested ways to support private sector investment in adaptation, mitigation and resilience…

Springfield Centre19/09/2025

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AI on MSD: Questions That Made Our AI Guru Consider Retirement

This blog is part of a series in which we have enlisted the help of OMG (Omniscient MSD Guru), our…

Springfield Centre22/08/2025

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Ten alternative livelihoods for redundant development professionals

This blog is part of a series in which we have enlisted the help of OMG (Omniscient MSD Guru), our…

Springfield Centre15/08/2025

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AI on Thought Leadership

This blog is part of a series in which we have enlisted the help of OMG (Omniscient MSD Guru), our…

Springfield Centre17/06/2025

Market Systems Development

MSD Debate: Consolidate or Proliferate

SDGs at 10: Sustainable Development Goals or Some Decorative Graphics?

Fostering & Scaling Innovation: The Sahaj Challenge Fund

Sounds of Silence

Opening remote areas to tourism

Why generative AI thinks like a development programme

MSD as a Practical Approach for Climate Action

AI on MSD: Questions That Made Our AI Guru Consider Retirement

Ten alternative livelihoods for redundant development professionals

AI on Thought Leadership

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