Approach

Approach

We apply a Market Systems Development (MSD) approach to deliver widespread and lasting change in the market systems that matter to our target group.

We identify root causes of market failure that disadvantage or exclude poor women and youth from wage and self-employment opportunities. We partner with private companies and public institutions with the incentive and ability to deliver change.

Our aim is to make market systems work better for our target group, while demonstrating benefit to public and private actors that play a role in the systems to ensure local ownership and sustainability and continued improvement beyond the programme period.

Our role ranges from establishing linkages and dialogue between different actors, to engaging in direct research and advocacy, to providing technical assistance, improving capacity of market actors, and sharing investments to test innovative models.

Our approach involves experimentation and learning rapidly from failures and amplifying successes. We share lessons learned and best practices to encourage involvement of other market actors to scale solutions and develop new innovations to maximise impact for the target group.

Approach Overview

An introduction to market systems development

This short 4 minute animation illustrates the market systems approach using a practical example.

Approach Overview

What’s different about the market systems approach?

This animation explores the distinguishing characteristics of the MSD approach in more detail.

Videos courtesy of Beam Exchange

The core principles of our approach