This study explores the extent of ‘inclusiveness’ of Chief of Party (COP) job descriptions in USAID tendering documents on market systems development (MSD) programs.
This brief is designed to equip private sector (PSD) and market systems development (MSD) practitioners with practical and actionable guidance to optimize outreach and engagement and minimize unintentional exclusion in the development sector’s move to the use of more digital technology.
The concept of disability inclusion is still new to most market systems development (MSD) programs and practitioners. This series of three papers, commissioned by Elan in the DRC, aims to increase the understanding and applicability of disability inclusion in MSD and to disseminate practical tools, frameworks and guidance.
This report features insights from an industry survey into gendered differences in the recruitment and retention of Team Leaders (TL) and Chief of Party (CoPs) in market systems (MSD) and private sector development (PSD) programs.
This case study adds new insights into existing guidance on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in market systems development (MSD) programming and provides lessons learned from the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Rural Economic Development (AIP-Rural) experience.
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I am committed to improving human livelihoods and resilience in balance with nature. At the Canopy Lab, I provide research and advisory support to projects working on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and resilience, nature-based solutions, sustainable tourism, and market systems development. Outside work, I’m a keen guitarist, cyclist and bookworm, with a love for food, travelling and learning languages.