AgricultureArticleBlog PostSoutheast Asia A “Confessional” on Promoting Sustainable & Inclusive Value Chains A range of models have been trialled in the Grow Asia network to make value chains more inclusive and profitable…Rob Hitchins26th October 2020
AgricultureCase StudyMeasuring SustainabilitySouthern Asia The Enter-Growth Programme: A Decade On In market systems development programmes, is ‘sustainability’ a realistic project objective or just a baseless buzzword? One of the core…Rachel Shah7th May 2020
Blog Post Inclusive Systems Development Through the Looking Glass "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where…Kate Fogelberg16th July 2019
GlobalGuidanceMeasuring Sustainability How can we fix the biggest sustainability problem facing development? How often do you hear the word “sustainability”? In development, we almost all recognise sustainability as a critical component of…Rachel Shah13th June 2019
ArticleGlobalMeasuring Sustainability Who Wants to Give Forever? 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
Blog Post Jeopardy: I am helpful jargon in securing buy-in for data-based decision-making, effective programme delivery, and navigating the aid realpolitik A: What is Adaptive Management? 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
ArticleGlobalMSD in new sectors New approaches to old problems: systemic change as a unifying objective 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
ArticleGlobalMSD in new sectorsWater & Sanitation The Sustainability Drought: Failures and Potential Solutions in Water and Sanitation Ben Taylor Originally featured on businessfightspoverty.org People die without clean water. People get sick without effective sanitation - from which…Ben Taylor23rd October 2013
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 Centre20th August 2013