Kate Fogelberg, Rob Hitchins, Rachel Shah How MSD programmes are dealing with the economic crisis during the health crisis[1] The COVID-19 crisis has generated numerous challenges for aid agencies as...
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Do you need a new approach to respond well to COVID-19 or can you use MSD to respond to COVID-19? Here, Rachel Shah gives The Springfield Centre's take on this,...
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Kate Fogelberg, Rob Hitchins, Rachel Shah In a crash, it is not the speed that kills you, it’s the sudden stop[1] The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of how...
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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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Authored by: Hans Posthumus, Rachel Shah, Alexandra Miehlbradt, Adam Kessler Few topics inspire as much confusion and debate as systemic change. What is it? How do you measure it? Does...
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Kate Fogelberg & Rachel Shah We’re all familiar with the term mansplaining. We’ve either done it, had it done to us, or been wrongly accused of doing it. Some might...
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Market Development Facility (MDF) Sri Lanka commissioned research into the evolution of the Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) market in Northern Sri Lanka. The full case study is available by clicking...
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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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What does social anthropology have to do with market systems development? Could market systems development provide a framework for applied anthropologists seeking to translate their findings into action? Could the...
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The seven foundational principles of mindfulness could cultivate the facilitation mindset needed for delivery of good systems change programming. I have been practising mindfulness for the past few years and...
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