Job creation is often seen as a major measurement challenge. There are many suggested reasons for this. Some people complain that jobs are hard to define. Others worry that they’re hard to measure. But the real reason why measurement is challenging is simple; most development programmes don’t create jobs, and it’s very hard to measure what isn’t there.  The reason is that most private sector development programmes bring about incremental change. A successful programme might increase productivity by 25% or…

This blog was originally published on the Beam Exchange here. Adaptive management has increasingly become an area of interest for development practitioners. This has led to a strong demand for simple processes and tools to foster continual learning and evidence-based decision making. As market systems programmes work in a rapidly changing environment, organisations need to set up systems which allows decisions to be made in real time. Enterprise Partners (EP) is a DFID funded project based in Ethiopia (duration: 2013…