In market systems development programmes, is ‘sustainability’ a realistic project objective or just a baseless buzzword? One of the core selling points of using a systems approach is that the...
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"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I don't...
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How often do you hear the word “sustainability”? In development, we almost all recognise sustainability as a critical component of success. Yet privately, whether we work as a donor, implementer...
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The Springfield Centre, November 2016 This paper re-examines the use of the term ‘sustainability’ in development and the consequences of its frequent misinterpretation. It argues for a reconsideration of sustainability...
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At the risk of simultaneously whinging about and perpetuating a phenomenon, Adaptive Management has recently filled the echo-chambers inhabited by those of us who like to blather on about ‘doing...
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Ben Taylor and Jason Donovan Originally published in Enterprise Development and Microfinance Vol. 27 No. 1, March 2016 Systemic approaches to development have, over the last decade, gone from a niche...
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Ben Taylor Originally featured on businessfightspoverty.org People die without clean water. People get sick without effective sanitation - from which they may subsequently die. Nearly 1bn people have inadequate access...
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The Springfield Centre, August 2013 This conference paper, delivered at the DSA conference in November 2013, re-examines the use of the term ‘sustainability’ in development and the consequences of its...
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