In a competition for the most overused words in market systems development, I think there would be some strong contenders,…
Rachel Shah22nd July 2021
In market systems development programmes, is ‘sustainability’ a realistic project objective or just a baseless buzzword? One of the core…
Rachel Shah7th May 2020
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where…
Kate Fogelberg16th July 2019
How often do you hear the word “sustainability”? In development, we almost all recognise sustainability as a critical component of…
Rachel Shah13th June 2019
The Springfield Centre, November 2016 This paper re-examines the use of the term ‘sustainability’ in development and the consequences of…
Springfield Centre1st November 2016
At the risk of simultaneously whinging about and perpetuating a phenomenon, Adaptive Management has recently filled the echo-chambers inhabited by…
Ben Taylor19th September 2016
Ben Taylor and Jason Donovan Originally published in Enterprise Development and Microfinance Vol. 27 No. 1, March 2016 Systemic approaches to…
Ben Taylor1st March 2016
Ben Taylor Originally featured on businessfightspoverty.org People die without clean water. People get sick without effective sanitation - from which…
Ben Taylor23rd October 2013
The Springfield Centre, August 2013 This conference paper, delivered at the DSA conference in November 2013, re-examines the use of…
Springfield Centre20th August 2013