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This toolkit provides practical guidelines for programs on how to apply a more systemic lens to their livelihood, economic, and private sector development portfolios. The toolkit achieves this by providing a series of worksheets that can be used by project staff during the program design and implementation phases. The Market Systems Development approach is being increasingly embraced by donors across the globe. The approach applies a systemic lens to market development which translates into more sustainable development outcomes for donors and their implementing partners. This includes development outcomes around more inclusive development, such as those impacting women and children through market development strategies. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has published much on “inclusive market systems development” which is the continuation of USAID’s evolution of thinking around private sector development. It builds on the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach implemented by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID) and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT), among others, on the delivery of goods and services through market actors; and on the subsequent value chain approach developed by USAID and its implementing partners.
