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.
Market solutions
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
Providing better health services for waste workers
Large numbers of people in the developing world rely on other people’s waste to make a living. I...
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Making markets work for the poor
I returned from a visit to our Nepal programme last week and so thought I’d use my next couple of...
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Farmer to farmer knowledge sharing
The mission of Practical Answers is to contribute to the improvement of livelihoods, by providing...
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