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Crafting Kuza: Towards a Systemic Approach to Job Creation for Youth in Mombasa

Partner: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Publication Type: Case Study
Date: 2016

This case study examines the Kuza project, a 3.5 year initiative that operated in coastal Kenya, and distills lessons for initiatives seeking to facilitate inclusive job creation, as well as methods for understanding impact. MSA conducted an analysis of Kuza’s job creation and job measurement strategies with a specific focus on the micro-retail sector. The study profiles Kuza’s approach to capturing direct, indirect and induced job creation.

Businesses create impact: adaptive management, feedback loops and the role of businesses in results measurement

Partner: Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED), The BEAM Exchange
Publication Type: Presentation
Date: February 21, 2018

Presentation at the 2018 DCED-BEAM Seminar in Nairobi, Kenya on the role of feedback in driving adaptation and improvement

Market Systems and Job Quality: What Do We Know and What Can We Do About It?

Partner: International Labor Organization (ILO)
Publication Type: Report
Date: August 2017

If you’ve ever wondered (or been skeptical about) if or how the market systems approach can address job quality, we’ve mapped the evidence from the field to learn what’s been done, what’s been effective and what projects and donors can to better address job quality in the future.

Marketlinks Value Chain Development Wiki: Vulnerable Populations and the Value Chain Approach

Partner: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Publication Type: Wiki
Date: 2017

This wiki codifies good practice in applying the value chain approach to vulnerable populations. Vulnerable populations are defined as those groups of people who are typically excluded, disadvantaged or marginalized based on their economic, environmental, social, or cultural characteristics. This wiki focuses on three groups commonly targeted by development programs: very poor populations; disadvantaged women; and at-risk youth.

Marketlinks Value Chain Development Wiki: Integrating Food Security and the Value Chain Approach

Partner: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Publication Type: Wiki
Date: 2017

This wiki codifies good practice in value chain development and integrating food security. This wiki provides a synthesis of currently available information about the linkages between food security and value chain initiatives, with the intent of providing guidance to those seeking to integrate food security considerations with the value chain approach.

Unpaid Care Work in Market Systems Development: Measurement Practices for Women’s Economic Empowerment

Partner: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Publication Type: Brief
Date: 2016

This technical brief documents emerging thought leadership on measurement practices for unpaid care work. It presents a survey of current good practices, explores how practitioners can modify traditional tools and methodologies to complement the market systems approach, and identifies technical topics related to measuring unpaid care work that require further development.

Social norms in market systems development: A practitioner-led research brief

Partner: The BEAM Exchange, ACDI/VOCA, ‎Habitat for Humanity International
Publication Type: Brief
Date: April 2017

Research brief capturing the experience of practitioners interested in integrating knowledge on social norms from fields outside of market systems into their work on identifying and measuring systemic change.

Social Norms and Systems Change: Final Performance Report

Partner: Leveraging Economic Opportunities
Publication Type: Report
Date: December 2016

This research brief captures the experience of a group of practitioners interested in integrating knowledge on social norms from fields outside of market systems into their work on identifying and measuring systemic change. This research brief outlines key ideas from social norms theory and explores implications for research and implementation by market systems development (MSD) programmes.

Leveraging Economic Opportunities: Final Performance Report

Partner: Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Publication Type: Report
Date: December 2016

This report presents key activities, lessons learned, and accomplishments of the Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) project. Over the course of three years (October 1, 2013 – November 13, 2016), LEO served as USAID’s primary vehicle for learning in the area of market systems approaches and a convener of knowledge and best practices amongst its implementing partners.

What’s All the Fuss About? How USAID is Embracing Systems Thinking With Supporting Frameworks and Tools

Partner: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Publication Type: Webinar
Date: November 9, 2016

This webinar sheds light on how the market systems development community can better understand indications of systemic change. Experts share findings from a multi-year trial conducted by the USAID-funded Leveraging Economic Opportunities (LEO) activity that applied ‘complexity-aware’ monitoring tools in Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Georgia and Mozambique to assess their utility for capturing systemic change.

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