Developments is DAI’s newsletter, offering feature articles, research, opinion pieces, and interviews on DAI projects and global development issues. Digital@DAI is our blog on what we're learning in the field of digital acceleration.
Market systems development can help turn underserved markets into viable commercial opportunities. SMILES shows how development partners and businesses can work together to reduce investment barriers, adapt business models, and strengthen local markets.
1 month ago | 11 min read
When DAI brought together senior humanitarian leaders, policymakers, and practitioners gathered at the House of Lords, the discussion explored a practical agenda for changing incentives, partnerships, and delivery, writes Matthew Wyatt in partnership with DAI.
1 month ago | 8 min read
In the development sector, two related misconceptions—that extreme poverty means people can’t afford to buy things, and that the private sector has little interest or role to play in climate action—combine to imply that market-based approaches have limited relevance in the field of climate action.
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