PSD at a crossroads: navigating a shared way forward
DCED Global Seminar 2026, Nairobi
The DCED’s 2026 Global Seminar brought together more than 220 bilateral donors, private foundations, DFIs and impact investors, multilateral agencies, implementers and other practitioners, to examine implications of this evolving global aid landscape for systemic PSD.
Sessions were organised around eight thematic streams:
- Implications of the fast-changing funding landscape for working systemically
- Mutual benefits and synergies between trade and PSD
- Creating markets for SME finance
- The future of Market Systems Development practice
- The next generation of systemic Green PSD programmes
- Market Systems Development in contexts of fragility and conflict
- Safeguarding and advancing women’s economic empowerment and inclusion
- Results measurement and evidence
The agenda, presentations and related materials can be accessed via the Seminar’s digital conference platform.
- Read the summary report for an overview of sessions and discussions.
Seminar agenda
