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Lessons on Doing Market Systems Development for Housing
In this introductory blog on lessons from applying systems thinking approaches to improving the urban housing system, TCIS frames how...
Scott Merrill
Oct 5, 20235 min read
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Freedom, Trust, Agility: The Hallmarks of the Shelter Venture Labs
Following the previous blog about how TCIS has leaned into complexity, this blog focuses on key factors that local offices have found...
Habitat for Humanity's Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter
Aug 17, 20234 min read
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The Beauty of Local Autonomy Within a Global Organization
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): One of the most difficult challenges of applying a...
Habitat for Humanity's Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter
Aug 17, 20235 min read
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Housing innovation through action, with Habitat’s Shelter Venture Labs
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): In this initial blog in the series, the author...
Habitat for Humanity's Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter
Jul 19, 20235 min read
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Shifting the Terrain of MicroFinance: AMIR’s Journey in Rwanda
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): USAID's Feed the Future Rwanda Nguriza Nshore (RNN)...
Feed the Future Rwanda Nguriza Nshore team
Feb 10, 20236 min read
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Reaping the Benefits of Agribusiness Financial Products: The Experience of a Rwandan MFI
Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): In the following blog, USAID's Feed the Future Rwanda Nguriza Nshore (RNN)...
Feed the Future Rwanda Nguriza Nshore
Aug 4, 20224 min read
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Key Highlights from MSS2022: Learnings to Propel the Industry
The fifth annual Market Systems Symposium was filled with thought-provoking dialogue and dynamic discussions around today’s market...
Abigail Martuscello
Jun 9, 20225 min read
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Engaging the Public Sector to Drive Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): The blog provides a good example of a project supporting specific and important...
Schafer Bomstein Castella & Daniel Gies
Jun 9, 20224 min read
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Private Sector Engagement (PSE) and Market Systems Development (MSD): Improving Each Other
Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): The blog provides a nice overview of USAID’s thinking on PSE and MSD. An...
Katie Garcia and Kristin O’Planick, USAID
May 31, 20224 min read
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Making Market Systems Work for an Urbanizing World
Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): The blog highlights the importance of urban spaces from the perspective of...
Nicole Goldin, PhD
May 25, 20224 min read
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Market Systems to Enable Sustainability of Informal Housing in Lima, Peru
Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): The blog provides an interesting example of a project focusing on an important...
Swisscontact
May 24, 20223 min read
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Navigating Systemic Resilience Trade-Offs in Conflict Settings: Examples from Ituri, DRC
Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): The blog provides an important example of applying a systems approach in a...
Dan Langfitt, DAI
May 17, 20225 min read
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Women’s Economic Empowerment on the Airwaves:
Working with Media to Influence Gender Norms in Mozambique In a suburb of Maputo, Mozambique, small-business owner Isabel Matola faced a...
Sarah Bove, Acting Program Director, Women In Business (WIN)
May 16, 20224 min read
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Hybrid Market Systems Development to Reinforce System Resilience and Climate Preparedness
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The blog raises an important point about the...
David Hirst, Country Representative, International Fertilizer Development Center, Uganda
May 16, 20225 min read
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Embracing Change to Facilitate Inclusive Market Systems
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): The blog highlights a case demonstrating a specific...
Emmet Murphy, Vivekan Jeyagaran & Matthew Karugarama
May 16, 20225 min read
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Why Climate Change Interventions Often Fail to Meet their Sustainability Goals
How we work to mitigate individual project design failures by taking a beneficiary’s perspective and going beyond market access MSD Hub...
Ella Lundström, NIRAS
May 16, 20226 min read
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The Importance of Food Safety for Sustaining Inclusive, Nutritious Food and Market Systems
MSD Hub editor's note (Michael Field, Senior Systems Specialist, Vikāra Institute): Effective MSD is all about catalyzing the market...
Michael Brown and Serena Stepanovic, World Vision United States
May 15, 20225 min read
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What is Important for Building Market Systems Resilience?
A deep dive into the small business sector in Lebanon Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): The blog highlights...
Benjamin Medam and Daniel Hudner, Mercy Corps
May 12, 20226 min read
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Pushing for Structural Changes Over Short-Term Changes in Behavior in Market Systems
Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): The blog does a great job of highlighting the challenges of actually taking a...
Luca Crudeli and Dun Grover, ACDI/VOCA
May 12, 202210 min read
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Three Lessons to Accelerate Inclusion and Women’s Economic Empowerment Outcomes in MSD Programs
“We [had] difficulties getting quality seed. That’s why I had no good crops. I learnt these things from the project. [Now] we purchase...
Ellie Wong and Tamam Noor, World Vision Australia
May 6, 20227 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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