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MEDA Publications

Towards a MEDA Strategy for Business Development
An overview of how MEDA's perspective, orientation, core skill sets, and institutional learning habits have evolved and helped it to improve its BDS performance in response to key lessons learned.

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Market Development Toolkits

Market Research for Value Chain Initiatives
Part of MEDA’s Information to Action: A Toolkit Series for Market Development Practitioners, the toolkit guides practitioners through the market research process. Linda Jones and Alexandra Miehlbradt, January 2008. Download Final Draft PDF (10.5MB) Download Blank Worksheets as a Word Document .

 

Program Design  for Value Chain Initiatives
Part of MEDA’s Information to Action: A Toolkit Series for Market Development Practitioners, the toolkit guides practitioners through pro-poor enterprise development programming. Mary McVay and Alex Snelgrove, January 2008. Download Final Draft PDF (10.6MB) Download Blank Worksheets as a Word Document.

 

 

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Industry Publications

Catalysts of Agricultural Supply Markets: Case for Smart Subsidies in Zambia
Alexandra Snelgrove and Lemmy Manje. (June 2009) Enterprise Development and Microfinance Journal. Volume 20 Number 2.  Download PDF (1,479 Kb)

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Vulnerable Children: Principles of Program Design and Technical Recommendations for Effective Field Interventions
David James-Wilson, Veronica Torres, Thierry van Bastelaer, and Brenda Yamba (Save the Children); Lisa Parrott (MicroSave and Save the Children); Margie Brand (EcoVentures International); and Ben Fowler (MEDA) (February 2008)
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Market Development in Crisis-Affected Environments: Emerging Lessons for Achieving Pro-Poor Economic Reconstruction
Tim Nourse, Tracy Gerstle, Alex Snelgrove, David Rinck, Mary McVay. (2007) The SEEP Network. Download PDF (411 Kb) 

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"Economic Support and Income Generation for HIV/AIDS Impacted Communities"
Linda Jones and Mary McVay. (October 2006) The SEEP Network. October 2006. Download PDF (488 KB)

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Value Chain Development and the Poor
Mary Morgan, Marco Aldana, Dianna Darsney, Celina Lee, Zukiswa Mandile, Alexandra Snelgrove, Sarah Ward. (October 2006). No. 16. The Seep Network. Download PDF (234 Kb)

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"We may not be big, but we're small."
Linda Jones. (September 2006) Small Enterprise Development Journal. Volume 17 Number 3. ITDG Publishing. Download PDF (63 KB)

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Lessons Learned on MSE Upgrading in Value Chains
Elizabeth Dunn, Jennefer Sebstad, Lisa Batzdorff and Holly Parsons, ACDI/VOCA. (April 2006) USAID Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project (AMAP). microREPORT #71. Download PDF (398 KB)

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The Double-X Factor: Harnessing Female Human Capital for Economic Growth
Linda Jones, Alexandra Snelgrove and Pamela Muckosy. (2006) International Journal of Emerging Markets. Emerald Insight Publishing. Vol. 1, Issue 4. Download PDF (107 KB)

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Paupers, Princes and Paper: Vouchers Revisited—can small enterprises save government programs?
Linda Jones, Jerome Quigley and Greg Foster. (2006) . Download PDF (104 KB)

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From Behind the Veil: Industry-Level Methodologies and the Implications for Disadvantaged Communities, the Case of Sequestered Women in Pakistan
Linda Jones and Alexandra Snelgrove. (June 2006) Small Enterprise Development Journal. Volume 17 Number 2. ITDG Publishing. Download PDF (79 KB)

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PLP in Strategic Alliances for Financial Services and Market Linkages Launches
Rural Finance for Value Chains Quarterly, (October 2005) Vol 1, No 1. The SEEP Network. Download PDF (827 KB)

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The Missing Link in the Value Chain: Financing for Rural Farmers and Microentrepreneurs
Lillian Diaz Villeda and Jennifer E. Hansel. Conceptual Note, (October 2005). Download PDF (852 KB)

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From Behind the Veil
Note from the Field, USAID (July 2005). Download PDF (125 KB)

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Middlemen as Agents of Change: MEDA and ECDI in Pakistan
Linda Jones, MEDA, and Perveen Shaikh, ECDI. Learning Paper, (June 2005) PLP Learning Paper, The SEEP Network. Download PDF (267 KB)

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The Role of the Facilitator: Taking a Systems Perspective
Linda Jones, MEDA, and Perveen Shaikh, ECDI. Technical Note, (June 2005) No 3. PLP Learning Paper, The SEEP Network. Download PDF (202 KB)

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Appuyer les petites entreprises à travers les "intermédiaires": l’exemple de Meda et ECDI au Pakistan
Sandra Barlet. L’actualité des services aux entreprises, (October 2004) No.8. Un produit d’information de la DGCID (MAE). Download PDF (32 KB)