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Localization: Window Dressing or Real Change?
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The blog provides a very good overview of the...
Luis E. (Lucho) Osorio-Cortes
Jul 2113 min read
Market Systems Resilience and Inclusive Growth in Turbulent Times
Over the past 70 years, the world has seen remarkable progress in wellness indicators—life expectancy has increased, health outcomes have...
Michael Field
Mar 263 min read
Beyond the Algorithm: Humanizing AI and Big Data for Climate Resilience
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog highlights the potential of using emerging...
Michael Field
Mar 64 min read
Circularity-Related Policies to Support SMEs: Insights and the Road Ahead
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog highlights the quickly evolving learning...
vikarainstitute
Jan 276 min read
From Exclusion to Empowerment: 3 lessons to promote Women’s Financial Inclusion in Fragile Contexts
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides an interesting case of how to...
Tewodros (Teddy) Mekonnen & Patrick M. Nyamai
Jan 156 min read
Bridging Climate-Smart Agriculture and Market Systems Development: Key Insights from MSS2024
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The blog does a great job of highlighting some...
Wahyu Nugroho
Jan 146 min read
From Talk to Walk: The Language of MSD Facilitation
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The practice of applying systems thinking lenses and...
Dun Grover and Michael Field
Jan 97 min read
Exploring Innovations in Business Circularity Models within Market Systems Development
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The blog highlights the growing importance of...
Tanjima Ali & Zineb Fakihani
Nov 25, 20243 min read
World Vision Honduras Transition to inclusive Market System Development
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog highlights the importance of taking a...
Mona Davis, World Vision
Oct 24, 20246 min read
From Crisis to Resilience
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The blog highlights an important emerging trend...
Mike Field, Vikāra Institute and Bernard McCaul, GOAL
Oct 24, 20247 min read
Why is it that most USAID-funded market systems development (MSD) projects have inflexible and inappropriate contract structures for partnerships with market actors?
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The blog provides a very good example of how an...
Mike Klassen, Hayden Aaronson and Mark Sevier.
Oct 24, 20244 min read
Engaging Community Leaders: Policy Reform from the Ground Up
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The blog provides a good example of taking a more...
Sandra Medina & Carianne de Boer
Oct 24, 20245 min read
Preparing for the Pendulum’s Swing – Caritas Switzerland’s Timely and Strategic MSD Programming in Ukraine
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The Author outlines some important lessons that have...
Maciej Chmielewski
Sep 27, 20245 min read
A Call for Rethinking Accountability and Performance Metrics For MSD Staff and Projects
Authors: Luca Crudeli, Senior Technical Director, ACDI/VOCA Michael Field, Senior Systems Thinking Specialist, Vikāra Institute In our...
Luca Crudelli & Mike Field
Sep 10, 20246 min read
A Unified Whole – Market System Symposium 2023
Author: Aju Nyachhyon, Market System Analyst, Nepal MSS2023 Scholarship Recipient (MSS Scholarship Program supported by Supported by Feed...
Aju Nyachhyon, Market System Analyst, Local Consultant, Nepal
May 28, 20243 min read
Thoughts on Results Measurement from MSS2023
Author: Oscar Mejia, Business Development and MEAL Lead, ActionAid, Peru MSS2023 Scholarship Recipient (MSS Scholarship Program supported...
Oscar Mejia, Business Development and MEAL Lead, ActionAid, Peru
May 24, 20244 min read
The Power of Perspective: How MSS2023 Reshaped My Approach to Development
Author: Patrice Thomas, MSD/R Specialist/CLA Manager/Strategic Communications, Papyrus, USA/Haiti MSS2023 Scholarship Recipient (MSS...
Patrice Thomas, MSD/R Specialist/CLA Manager/Strategic Communications, Papyrus, USA/Haiti
Apr 15, 20243 min read
A Gathering of Minds: Insights from the Market Systems Symposium 2023
Author: Waringa Kibe, Chief of Party - Kenya Investment Mechanism, Palladium Group, Kenya MSS2023 Scholarship Recipient (MSS Scholarship...
Waringa Kibe
Apr 10, 20243 min read
Adapting MSD Programs to Refugee Communities: Five Insights for Practitioners
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The blog highlights an important trend where MSD and...
Natasha Lunnuzzi and Zaki Raheem
Feb 6, 20249 min read
Is socioeconomic conflict a necessary by-product of successful MSD interventions? And if so, then what?
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): In this blog, the authors provide relatively detailed...
Dan Langfitt, Jaël Mbale and Pépin Mugisho
Feb 2, 202412 min read
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The MSDHub Blog Series is authored by respected implementers and donors of market systems projects globally.
MSD Hub’s main editor, Senior Systems Specialist, Michael Field, from the Vikāra Institute, provides introductory commentary on each blog post.
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