This paper draws upon a number of on-going initiatives working on social performance to develop a common framework for social rating and an indicative list of dimensions and indicators for soc…
This User's Guide to the FRAME Tool is a companion to the FRAME Tool and Framework Manual offered by SEEP. Click to download the full SEEP Frame Tool (12 MB).
The FRAME Tool is a sophisticated…
The AFE-Mali project to promote business services to producers of shea butter in Mali began in late 2002 and will conclude in 2005. An assessment of the subsector showed that shea producers la…
From September 6 to October 6, 2004, the SEEP Network’s Business Development Services (BDS) working group hosted an online discussion entitled “BDS in Conflict Environments –…
In 2005, the SEEP Network Business Development Services Working Group held an on-line discussion on how we define “Enterprise Development” This synthesis represents one conversatio…
This case study analyzes the progression of the treadle pump program and the varying strategies that IDEI adopted for each phase of the product’s life cycle. The case also tracks the cha…
Low-income women in developing countries rely heavily on commercial, small-scale farm- and home-based microenterprises for their family livelihood. The field of business development services (…
Since 1996, local NGO AT Uganda (affiliated with U.S. PVO EnterpriseWorks Worldwide) has implemented an initiative to increase smallholder participation in commercial agricultural markets by p…
This paper synthesizes the learning framework that evolved out of the PLP in Strategic Alliances for Financial Services and Market Linkages in Rural Areas launch workshop. This conceptual note…
World Education’s Ntinga LINK project was launched in January, 2003 after several months of market research and consultations with a donor and other stakeholders. The broad goal of the p…
This discussion synthesis, How To Use Market Assessment Information To Design and Implement a Business Development Services Market Development Program, is a product of the collaborative, learn…
2005 |Melissa Nussbaum, Ashok Kumar, Alexandra Miehlbradt
Over the past several years, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), donors, and development practitioners have been grappling with methods to develop sustainable business service markets that w…
2005 |Marshall Bear, with Paul Bradnum, Seth Tladi, and Donovan Pedro
This case study presents the story of Triple Trust Organization’s (TTO) market research experience from June 2002 through January 2004. At the end of TTO’s market research, the TTO…
This technical note describes the experience of 10 organizations around the world in conducting BDS market assessments. These organizations tested innovative strategies for market research and…
This technical note describes the market assessment methods used by 10 organizations in the Practitioner Learning Program (PLP) in Business Development Services (BDS) Market Assessment (MA). T…
A Business Development Services (BDS) market assessment (MA) yields a variety of useful information about how a BDS market is operating. One of the most difficult challenges in the BDS field,…
La majeure partie de la littérature sur le développement des marchés des services aux entreprises (SAE) met l’accent sur le rôle du facilitateur dans la phase…
Much of the current literature on Business Development Service (BDS) market development focuses on the role of the facilitator in program implementation. Yet, one of the lessons that emerged f…
