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Apples and oranges: making sense of employment outcomes

Why access, job creation and job quality interventions shouldn’t be compared by headline numbers alone.

Justin van Rhyn
30 Jan 2026
Building bridges for more effective policies: MSD and the SOAS-ACE approach to political economy analysis

MSD has always done political economy analysis - we just don't always call it that.

Alan Hudson
22 Jan 2026
Can MSD’s systemic ambitions survive ever-growing market systems?

Promising signs of a systems change agenda that is more ambitious than a green version of business as usual.

John Rachkara
1 Dec 2025
Making climate action good business

In Kosovo, project teams didn’t set out to tackle climate change - they just helped businesses grow smarter, and resilience followed.

Ailsa Buckley
11 Nov 2025
Growing hope in Northeast Nigeria: farmers, seeds and the power of resilience

Farming in Northeast Nigeria is not easy ...

Raphael Ehiabhi
27 Oct 2025
Right-sizing pilots: getting market systems development projects off the ground

Designing your pilot to be realistic, purposeful and partner-driven provides the stepping stones to systemic transformation.

Patrick Niyomugabo
16 Oct 2025
MSD as a practical approach for climate action

MSD cannot solve climate change but it offers tried-and-tested ways to support private sector investment in adaptation, mitigation and resilience in emerging markets.

Angus Towart
24 Sep 2025
Measuring inclusion: uncovering the invisible women in Nigeria’s poultry sector

Measuring inclusion in MSD programmes is harder than it looks; data can easily misrepresent who truly benefits.

Sabine Garbarino
6 Sep 2025
Because the best 'goodbye' sounds a lot like 'over to you'

After seven years with CASA, it’s nearly time to say goodbye.

Ailsa Buckley
27 Aug 2025
Market systems development: reclaiming principles from the tools

We built MSD to be adaptive, but somewhere along the way we started designing for control.

Jawad Khan Baloch
29 Jul 2025
The art of the perfect example: how to share success stories without crushing souls

We have all been there. You are facilitating a workshop on market systems development, the energy is building, participants are engaged, and then you decide to share that perfect example...

Tanjima Ali
30 Jun 2025
"Your job is f***ing hard" - the reality of MSD leadership

It's 10PM on a Friday. You're finally sitting down to a cold dinner that you were supposed to eat with your family when your phone buzzes...

Mike Klassen
26 Jun 2025
Climate action through market systems: why businesses need a systems development approach

To stay resilient and impactful amid climate challenges, businesses must embrace a systems development approach.

Ailsa Buckley
12 May 2025
Does MSD have a role to play in addressing climate change?

At the end of 2024, a delegation of the great and the good met urgently (for the 29th time) to discuss climate change.

Springfield Centre
30 Jan 2025
Is it time to re-think results chains?

Reflections on the good, the bad and the ugly of results chains.

Gareth Davies
28 Jan 2025