Learning Note: Navigating Firm Selection for Women-Inclusive ROI
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI, Williams Davidson Institute
- Publication Type: Case Study
- Date: March 25, 2024
This learning note in the Women-Inclusive Return on Investment series provides key insights MSP gained from the process of vetting and selecting companies for WI-ROI.
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Workplace Innovation: Okeba’s Return on Investment in Childcare
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI, Williams Davidson Institute
- Publication Type: Case Study
- Date: March 25, 2024
This second case study in the Women-Inclusive Return on Investment series examines how Okeba, a Ugandan agribusiness, provided care support to its staff and ultimately reduced costs.
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Strategic Inclusion: Grean World’s Financial Returns of Targeting Women in The Last Mile
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI, Williams Davidson Institute
- Publication Type: Case Study
- Date: January 17, 2024
This first case study in the Women-Inclusive Return on Investment series examines the impact of Grean World’s successful shift from a centralized sales model to one that prioritized female village-based sales agents.
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Naatal Mbay et le Financement Intégré au Sénégal: Evaluation Ex-Post: Note de Synthese
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI
- Publication Type: Learning Brief (French)
- Date: August 23, 2023
This brief in French summarizes the scale and sustainability of changes resulting from Naatal Mbay’s introduction of an integrated finance model (IFM) in Senegal’s domestic rice sector, three and a half years after program closure.
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Learning Brief: Naatal Mbay and the Integrated Finance Model in Senegal
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI
- Publication Type: Learning Brief
- Date: August 23, 2023
This brief summarizes the scale and sustainability of changes resulting from Naatal Mbay’s introduction of an integrated finance model (IFM) in Senegal’s domestic rice sector, three and a half years after program closure.
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USAID’s Private Sector Engagement Amidst Covid-19: A Landscape Study
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI, TechnoServe
- Publication Type: Report
- Date: June 1, 2023
This report offers an in-depth assessment of 30 USAID-funded activities undertaken by implementing partners active during the pandemic in over 20 countries and across both agricultural and nonagricultural sectors.
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Lasting Roots: Naatal Mbay and the Integrated Finance Model in Senegal
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI
- Publication Type: Report
- Date: August 23, 2023
This report examines the scale and sustainability of changes resulting from Naatal Mbay’s introduction of an integrated finance model (IFM) in Senegal’s domestic rice sector, three and a half years after program closure.
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Enhancing Partner and Systems-Level Learning: 8 Tips from MEL Managers
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI
- Publication Type: Learning Brief
- Date: May 31, 2023
Brief 3 in the MSD in MEL Clinic Series deepens insights from Shifting the Locus of Learning: Catalyzing Private Sector Learning to Drive Systemic Change report, sharing collective learning and experience from Senior MEL Managers and synthesizing eight tips for practically enhancing partner and system-level learning.
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Building a Team Culture for Adaptive Management in MSD: 5 Strategies MEL Managers Say Work
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI
- Publication Type: Learning Brief
- Date: May 31, 2023
Brief 2 in the MSD in MEL Clinic Series draws from the experiences of four Senior MEL Managers to summarize five practical strategies to build a culture among teams that enables the use of an MSD approach.
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Practitioners’ Guidance to Assessing Systems Change
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI
- Publication Type: Learning Brief
- Date: May 31, 2023
Brief 1 in the MSD in MEL Clinic Series is a guide that draws from the practical experience of MEL Managers working on market systems development (MSD) programs around the world to help other MEL Managers find what works best for their program and teams in assessing systems change.
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