Market Systems Development for Donors – Agora Global

Market Systems Development for Donors is a course designed to help staff within funders to perform all the essential functions necessary to make market systems programmes successful.

The course covers all of the essential technical aspects of MSD to allow programme managers to understand what their programmes are doing, but focuses more intently on designing, commissioning, managing and measuring MSD programmes that are core to the role of programme managers.

It is comprised of self-paced learning, exercises, and assignments, with access to Agora’s experts and mentorship as and when required.

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Module 0: Introduction 1 Topic

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Module 0: Introduction

Module 1: Rationale and understanding of systems 3 Topics

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MODULE 1.1: Inclusive Market Systems Development (MSD

MODULE 1.2: Simplifying complexity and understanding market systems

MODULE 1.3: Choosing between different interventions quiz

Module 2: Understanding Interventions 5 Topics

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MODULE 2.1: Objectives of intervention

MODULE 2.1i: Complex systems exercise

MODULE 2.1ii: Incentives and interventions game

MODULE 2.2: Katalyst interventions design process walkthrough

MODULE 2.2: Knowledge check

Module 3: Programme Design 4 Topics

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MODULE 3.1: Self-guided lesson on Programme Design

MODULE 3.2: Self-guided lesson on how to get a programme implemented

MODULE 3.2i: A New Programme for Market Systems Development: Terms of Reference

MODULE 3.3: View From the field – interview with Nebil Kellow

Module 4: Selecting implementation partners 6 Topics

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MODULE 4.1: Self-guided lesson on assessing proposals for implementation

Module 4.1i: Answers

MODULE 4.1i: Exercise on choosing between different proposals

MODULE 4.2: Self-guided lesson on Supplier economics

MODULE 4.3: View from the Field – Interview with Elin Carlsson

Module 4.4: Course work

Module 5: Monitoring and managing performance 5 Topics

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MODULE 5.1: Self-guided lesson on what to expect from your implementer at different stages

MODULE 5.2: Self-guided lesson on results frameworks

MODULE 5.2i: Developing a results measurement framework

MODULE 5.3: Putting it into practice

MODULE 5.4: View from the field – Interview with Lindi Hlanze

Module 6: Submission of coursework and exchange for peer review

Module 7: One-to-One review and debrief

About Instructor

Ben Taylor

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