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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
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
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
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
Skills in Market Systems Development: Not Just Another Supporting Function
Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): This blog raises important points about human resources, including the central...
Mike Klassen, Springfield Centre & Sonja Hofstetter, Swisscontact
May 6, 20226 min read
Next Level Learning for Market Systems via Links Wins
Editor's note (Michael Field from the Vikāra Institute): The blog provides a great overview of how learning and knowledge sharing evolve...
Thom Sinclair
May 6, 20225 min read
A New Tool to Help Farmers Meet Growing Demands for Food Safety in Developing Countries
In this blog, the author highlights the difficulties and importance of any supply chain to adapt to their end market's needs and changing...
Catharine Phiri
May 2, 20223 min read
What Does Successful Co-Creation Look Like in Honduras?
Using co-creation and engaging citizens, businesses, and government entities in a market systems approach is essential to designing...
Dexis
May 2, 20223 min read
Food System Integration: Critical Opportunities to Boost Sustainable Market Systems Development
Food systems lenses are emerging as an increasingly important element to integrate into MSD program strategies and tactics. However, as...
Kathryn Merckel
May 2, 20225 min read
Levelling the Playing Field – Developing Market Systems that Support Regenerative Agriculture
In this blog, the authors raise a critical issue of the inability to properly cost out risks, which is manifesting into the real harm of...
John Chettleborough & Chris Henderson
Apr 29, 20227 min read
Evolving Our Understanding of Inclusivity
Photo by Jake Lyell This blog was originally posted on MarketLinks. You can view the original post here. As systems thinking and lenses...
Michael Field
Mar 15, 20224 min read
Easyhatch - The Emerging Importance of Investment Transaction Advisors
In the following blog, the authors follow the case of easyHATCH, a poultry processing firm in Rwanda. Central to the success of easyHATCH...
Feed the Future Nguriza Nshore Team
Jan 17, 20224 min read
Charis UAS: Eager for Equity Investment
While the story of Charis garners attention because of its creative and effective use of technology, from a systems thinking perspective...
Feed the Future Nguriza Nshore Team
Oct 1, 20215 min read
Jali Finance: Hungry for Growth Through Investment
JALI Finance presents a very interesting case example of an entrepreneur that is keen on delivering value to its customers. Maybe more...
Feed the Future Nguriza Nshore Team
Jul 16, 20214 min read
Developing Inclusive Market Systems-based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
In the following post, Richard Choularton (Tetra Tech) provides a critically important lens into the immediate and real challenges...
Richard Choularton
Jul 12, 20213 min read
The Weakest Link: Learning From the Resilience of Somalia's Market Systems
The authors discuss their application of USAID’s Market Systems Resilience (MSR) Framework. The authors focus on the use of the tool to...
Tania Brunn
Jun 14, 20214 min read
Partnering with Multinational Companies to Unlock Market Systems Development
In the following post, Kristin Beyard raises the importance of the role of MNCs and the increasingly aligned interests between MNCs and...
Kristin Beyard
Jun 11, 20215 min read
Mentorship That Builds Better Markets
In this post, Lizan Kuster (from Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter) provides important insights into...
Lizan Kuster
May 24, 20215 min read
How to Build a Sustainable Agriculture System in Emerging Markets
In the following blog the authors highlight the importance of relationships as central to inclusive and resilient market systems. For...
Kristin Beyard
May 12, 20215 min read
How Do We Know if Our Systems Are Resilient to Shocks and Stresses?
The authors raise a critically important point about the need to integrate resilience lenses into market systems approaches. ...
Bernard McCaul & Gabriela Cácere
May 10, 20216 min read
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AUTHORS
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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