CARE used a market systems development approach to developing and trialing innovative economic development and family planning interventions aimed at increasing the age of first childbirth among married adolescent girls in Niger and Bangladesh under the Gates Foundation-funded Supporting Married Nulliparous Adolescents project.

MSA conducted gender-responsive sub-sector selection and market systems analyses aimed at identifying pathways for adolescent girls to employment to reduce early childbirth. MSA also trained CARE staff on applying a systems lens to their work moving forward.