AMAP BDS Component C: Intervention Design and Implementation Research

This research plan serves as a guiding framework for component C of the AMAP BDS Knowledge and Practice (K&P) task order, or Intervention Design and Implementation Research. The focus of the AMAP BDS K&P research is to integrate much of the practical and field experience of small enterprise development with a body of literature to help us understand how small firms can contribute to and benefit from participation in markets, including global. Component C continues the important work carried out in the BDS field by building on the principles of the market development paradigm for business service development and delivery. Research under K&P will help us understand how critical services contribute to micro and small enterprise (MSE) growth. The K&P research is also reframing USAID’s BDS agenda based on a number of lessons learned over the last few years.