Resource Library

The Resource Library serves as a broad resource hub, including over 1000 documents, training materials, wikis, and curated reports to increase readers' awareness, understanding, and proficiency of several topics in market systems development. Users have access to proposals, evaluation materials, and USAID policy updates, as well as training modules and wikis to boost skills and knowledge.

These resources are bolstered by the inclusion of curated USAID reports published on the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) which serves as a repository of reports from completed or ongoing USAID development projects around the globe. The full USAID Development Clearinghouse website can be accessed here.

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A Pragmatic Approach to Assessing System Change

These papers outline a process that programs can use to assess system changes regularly and practically. The 'Overview' summarises the approach and 'How to put it into practice' provides more detailed implementation guidance, worked examples, and useful tips.

Resource: Savings Evidence Map

This post introduces a resource from The Mango Tree that is designed to help stakeholders navigate evidence and potential gaps related to savings programs for financial inclusion.

Resource: The Sphere Handbook 2018

This post introduces a publication from Sphere, a movement started in 1997 by a group of humanitarian professionals aiming to improve the quality of humanitarian work during disaster response.

The Inclusive Business Scan

Rikolto, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has developed the Inclusive Business Scan (powered by SenseMaker) to organize real-time feedback on inclusive business in smallholder supply chains.