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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
The Future of Bangladesh is Female
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): While gender has been an element in donor programs...
Chemonics
Jan 3, 20245 min read
Paving the Way: A Monumental Partnership Responds to the Global Food Security Crisis
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides an important and increasingly more...
Ukraine AGRO team
Dec 22, 20235 min read
Technology Disruption in MSD Programs – From Startups to Multinationals
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides some important insights on how to...
Karen Smith
Dec 21, 20235 min read
Revamping Market Systems Assessments: Moving to Inclusive Learning & Adaptation
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides an important perspective around...
Jessica Li
Dec 14, 20235 min read
Approaches to meeting emergent needs without sacrificing systemic change
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides a timely discussion of how MSD...
Dan Langfitt, Metha Bonefride and Nicole Kivava
Dec 7, 20239 min read
MS4G’s System-Based Response to a Market Shock in Ethiopia
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog highlights an important aspect of risk...
Elizabeth Adams and Sehul Truesaw
Dec 7, 20234 min read
MSD: The symbiosis of efficient last-mile distribution and community engagement
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides some excellent examples of how...
Emmet Murphy, David Byiringiro, Straton Fatahose, Vivekan Jeyagaran
Dec 5, 20235 min read
From Silos to Systems: Navigating a World That Continues to Grow in Complexity
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog digs into an important topic for systems...
Rob van Hout
Dec 5, 20234 min read
Resilience for Social Systems-Health: An Innovative Approach to Analyze Resilience of Health Systems
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides an overview of GOAL’s Resilience...
GOAL
Nov 30, 20234 min read
Inclusive Governance: A Market Systems Prerequisite to Sustain Agrifood System Impacts
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides an important discussion of the...
Kimthea Pich and Michael Brown, World Vision Cambodia & World Vision US
Nov 27, 20236 min read
Restoring Rwanda's Landscape and Livelihoods: World Vision's FLR Project
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides a good example of the...
Sadruzzaman 'Tamam' Noor
Nov 21, 20235 min read
Food System Studies Reveal Key Leverage Points for Resilience
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides an excellent case for how a MSR...
Joanna Springer for the Feed the Future Ethiopia Transforming Agriculture Activity
Nov 21, 20235 min read
Progress in Market Systems: Going from Conceptual Theory to Real-World Solutions
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides some interesting insights and...
Hayden Aaronson
Nov 10, 20236 min read
Seeking The Holy Grail: Projects Impact Positively on Climate Issues, but Is the Change Systemic?
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides practical insights and lessons on...
Christina Grunewald & Ailsa Buckley
Nov 10, 20234 min read
Facilitating nature-based solutions by nurturing market systems-focused ecosystem services
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides some important lessons about the...
TetraTech
Nov 10, 20234 min read
Kabrit plizyè mèt mouri nan solèy: Understanding systems dynamics in the Haitian livestock sector
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog provides a summary of how MSR analysis can...
Emmet Murphy and Mike Field
Nov 8, 20234 min read
For the Sake of Learning: Building a Community Around MSD for Employment
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): This blog highlights the critically important...
Justin van Rhyn, Mike Klassen, Daniel Nippard
Nov 8, 20234 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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