Inclusive markets
- Participatory Market Systems Development PMSD is Practical Action’s approach to inclusive markets that reduce poverty on a large scale and...
- Emergency Market Mapping Analysis The EMMA toolkit is a guidance manual for humanitarian staff in sudden-onset emergencies. It enco...
- Technology Innovation Systems The transfer and trade of knowledge is a fundamental part of how innovation happens in market sys...
- Market Mapping A “market map” describes how a market system works – the farmers, producers, traders, wholesalers...
Lack of opportunities to earn a decent income remains one of the most critical dimensions of poverty for many people living in the developing world.
We help poor people to make a better living – by enabling producers to improve their production, processing and marketing.
Inclusive market approaches
Our approach is to help producers, traders and processors to identify the challenges that they face themselves, to work together to solve problems and make the most of opportunities.
We work with the entire market system, often focusing on helping poor farmers and producers to build their abilities to engage with people they do business with and get better deals for themselves and their communities.
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Blog listing
Stop Press......Practical Action challenges fairy godmother’s pumpkin transformation abilities
We all know the story of how Cinderella’s fairy godmother changed a pumpkin into a golden carriag...
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Pick ‘n’ Mix Learning
Who can forget standing in Woolies... plastic scoop in hand... wondering which of the sweets to a...
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Fish without Refrigeration
On the 9th November 2012, I was part of a market mapping workshop with Kokkilai lagoon...
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