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Robert Katende, TetraTech
USAID/Uganda Ag Inputs project "The Market Systems Accelerator Online Course offers a unique opportunity for learning about Market Systems and Market Facilitation approaches in a format that is less intimidating. By using real life case studies, the course makes the subject matter simpler and easy to relate to. I highly recommend it to those that want to learn from a practitioner's experience and perspective." |
Michael Field, DAI
USAID Bangladesh Activity "Key to running an effective market systems project is creating a robust learning culture within the implementation team. While I push operational and managerial practices that support the emergence of a learning culture, I have found it is critical to also invest in more learning tools and platforms that staff use as that are grounded in credible learning methodologies. The methodologies used by the MSA have shown excellent results in terms of staff discussion, grasping ideas, and applying improved/more sophisticated practices." |
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Market Systems Accelerator is being used by project teams to accelerate good practice in market systems projects; by donors to orientate staff around new approaches; and, as a tool to empower conference participants before and during conference events.
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Course Outline
Conceptual Approaches
Market systems development, as an approach, has its roots in systems thinking. Before delving into the practical elements of market systems development implementation, it is helpful to explore some of the concepts at a broader level. Explore areas such as: How is a market facilitation approach different? What do we really mean by 'market systems'? How can systems be inclusive?
Market Facilitation | Market Systems | Inclusive Markets
Technical Concepts
A series of technical concepts are useful as a foundation for good market systems development practice. Many of these concepts are drawn from other sectors, outside of the development sector. Explore areas such as: How can we understand competition and cooperation between market actors? What does it mean to amplify? What is leverage?
Collaboration & Competition | Amplification | Buying Down Risk | Leverage | Boundaries | Informal Rules & Social Norms | Self Organization
Technical Implementation
Explore how conceptual approaches and technical concepts are implemented in practice in input markets, output markets, support markets, and cross-cutting markets.
Input Market Systems | Output Buyer Market Systems | Support Market Systems | Financial Market Systems | Amplification Tactics | Sequencing | Managing the Systemic Change
Market Actor Interaction
Explore how to interact with market actors, including identifying who to work with, approaching the private sector, and working with them in practice. Explore how this differs from market interaction in a more traditional approach.
Identifying the Private Sector | Reaching out to the Private Sector | Working with the Private Sector | Agreements with Private Sector | Working with groups of Private Sector
Market Analytics
Market analytics involves analyzing market systems to understand the behavior of market actors and the system overall. Explore how to analyze value chains, the behavior of systems, the business environment, and gender-related issues.
Value Chain Analysis | Behavioral Analysis | System Analysis | Business Environment Analysis | Gender Analysis
Monitoring / Learning
Monitoring, evaluation and learning are important to provide feedback loops and assess impact. Explore monitoring and evaluation methods and considerations, and practical application of ongoing learning and adaptation as a result.
Monitoring | Evaluation | CLA (Collaborate, Learn, Adapt)
Operations / Management
Effective operational management is key in supporting market systems development approaches. Learn how to adapt contract management, human resource management, and financial management in market systems project contexts. Explore principles and examples of adaptive management in practice.
Contract Management Tools | Financial Management Tools | Human Resources Management Tools | Adaptive Management | Building a Learning Culture
Vulnerable Group Behaviors
Vulnerable groups, such as women, youth and pastoralists, are both important beneficiaries and actors within market systems development contexts. Explore why a system has created barriers around a specific group and how to lower or understand those barriers. Consider how to reduce the system's pressures to categorize and create barriers between groups, for example, gender norms that are disempowering. Discover how to apply practical strategies and tactics.
Women | Youth | Nutrition | Pastoralists | Child Management | Disease Management | Ultra Poor
Conceptual Approaches
Market systems development, as an approach, has its roots in systems thinking. Before delving into the practical elements of market systems development implementation, it is helpful to explore some of the concepts at a broader level. Explore areas such as: How is a market facilitation approach different? What do we really mean by 'market systems'? How can systems be inclusive?
Market Facilitation | Market Systems | Inclusive Markets
Technical Concepts
A series of technical concepts are useful as a foundation for good market systems development practice. Many of these concepts are drawn from other sectors, outside of the development sector. Explore areas such as: How can we understand competition and cooperation between market actors? What does it mean to amplify? What is leverage?
Collaboration & Competition | Amplification | Buying Down Risk | Leverage | Boundaries | Informal Rules & Social Norms | Self Organization
Technical Implementation
Explore how conceptual approaches and technical concepts are implemented in practice in input markets, output markets, support markets, and cross-cutting markets.
Input Market Systems | Output Buyer Market Systems | Support Market Systems | Financial Market Systems | Amplification Tactics | Sequencing | Managing the Systemic Change
Market Actor Interaction
Explore how to interact with market actors, including identifying who to work with, approaching the private sector, and working with them in practice. Explore how this differs from market interaction in a more traditional approach.
Identifying the Private Sector | Reaching out to the Private Sector | Working with the Private Sector | Agreements with Private Sector | Working with groups of Private Sector
Market Analytics
Market analytics involves analyzing market systems to understand the behavior of market actors and the system overall. Explore how to analyze value chains, the behavior of systems, the business environment, and gender-related issues.
Value Chain Analysis | Behavioral Analysis | System Analysis | Business Environment Analysis | Gender Analysis
Monitoring / Learning
Monitoring, evaluation and learning are important to provide feedback loops and assess impact. Explore monitoring and evaluation methods and considerations, and practical application of ongoing learning and adaptation as a result.
Monitoring | Evaluation | CLA (Collaborate, Learn, Adapt)
Operations / Management
Effective operational management is key in supporting market systems development approaches. Learn how to adapt contract management, human resource management, and financial management in market systems project contexts. Explore principles and examples of adaptive management in practice.
Contract Management Tools | Financial Management Tools | Human Resources Management Tools | Adaptive Management | Building a Learning Culture
Vulnerable Group Behaviors
Vulnerable groups, such as women, youth and pastoralists, are both important beneficiaries and actors within market systems development contexts. Explore why a system has created barriers around a specific group and how to lower or understand those barriers. Consider how to reduce the system's pressures to categorize and create barriers between groups, for example, gender norms that are disempowering. Discover how to apply practical strategies and tactics.
Women | Youth | Nutrition | Pastoralists | Child Management | Disease Management | Ultra Poor