Is the ‘MSD hockey stick’ a fable or a fact? Early lessons from the USAID ex-post series
- Partner: BEAM Exchange, Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI
- Publication Type: Blog
- Date: November 12, 2024
This blog explores insights from USAID’s Ex-Post Evaluation Series—highlighting the transformative impact that Market Systems Development (MSD) can drive across programs.
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Do the Impacts of MSD Activities Sustain and Scale After Close? An Evidence Synthesis from Recent Ex-Post Evaluations
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI
- Publication Type: Learning Brief
- Date: October 4, 2024
This evidence synthesis captures findings from USAID’s ex-post studies in Ghana and Senegal, and bolsters the evidence base for market systems development.
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Improving Women Pastoralists’ Access to Animal Health Services: Recommendations in Ethiopia and Kenya
- Partner: CoWater SPARC
- Publication Type: Blog
- Date: September 9, 2024
This blog provides evidence-based recommendations to improve women pastoralists’ access to animal health, using the experiences of pastoral communities in the drylands of Ethiopia and Kenya.
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Bridging the Gender Gap in Animal Health Services as a Resilience Pathway: Insights from Pastoralist Communities in Ethiopia and Kenya
- Partner: CoWater SPARC
- Publication Type: Blog
- Date: September 9, 2024
This blog explores the dynamics of women’s and men’s access to and use of animal health services (AHS) among pastoralist communities.
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Affecting Equitable Systems Change as a Woman-Owned Business
- Partner: Small Business Association for International Companies
- Publication Type: Blog
- Date: August 27, 2024
This SBAIC blog shares MSA’s perspective as a woman-owned business and highlights strategies for thinking beyond conventional development practices.
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Profit with Purpose: How Women-Inclusive Business Practices Drive SME Success
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI, Williams Davidson Institute
- Publication Type: Blog
- Date: July 18, 2024
This blog from Business Fights Poverty examines how inclusive investments advance growth for SMEs and explores insights from the Women-Inclusive Return on Investment case study series.
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Leveraging Opportunities for Systemic Change: Insights from a Market Systems and Performance Baseline of the Rwandan Food System
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future, Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)
- Publication Type: Learning Brief
- Date: June 5, 2024
The Hinga Wunguke Baseline Study summary brief presents baseline learnings from Rwanda to inform stakeholders and activities striving towards more inclusive and equitable agricultural market systems.
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Lasting Roots: ADVANCE II and the Outgrower Business Model in Ghana
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI
- Publication Type: Report
- Date: May 16, 2024
This report examines the scale and sustainability of changes resulting from ADVANCE II’s introduction of an Outgrower Business (OB) model in Ghana’s agricultural sector.
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Closing the Gap: A Synthesis Report on the Cases for the ROI of Women’s Inclusion
- Partner: USAID Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP), DAI, Williams Davidson Institute
- Publication Type: Case Study
- Date: April 24, 2024
This synthesis report in the Women-Inclusive Return on Investment series showcases promising models of women-inclusive investments and summarizes case study findings to support further understanding and implementation.
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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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