BDS market development guide.pdf - PACA

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CHAPTER FOUR
HOW DO WE GET THERE?—CORE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES 39
COMMON SIGNS OF MARKET DEVELOPMENT OR DISTORTION IN BDS INTERVENTIONS .....39
HOW SUPPORT FOR BDS SHOULD BE STRUCTURED? ............................................................40
Invasiveness of Support.............................................................................................40
Intensity of Support....................................................................................................43
Intervention Leverage ................................................................................................48
Factors to Take Account of in Pursuing Poverty Reduction/Equity Objectives....53
WITH WHOM SHOULD WE WORK?.........................................................................................56
Criteria for Selecting Partners ...................................................................................57
Selection of Partners ..................................................................................................57
WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CAPACITIES OF DONORS AND FACILITATORS?......59
CHAPTER FIVE
HOW DO WE ASSESS OUR PERFORMANCE?—MONITORING AND
EVALUATION BDS INTERVENTIONS 61
COMMON BASIS OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION: SOME THINGS DON’T CHANGE........61
Dimensions of Performance ......................................................................................61
Questions to Be Answered ........................................................................................62
Factors to Consider in Developing Indicators ..........................................................62
Big Problems that Don’t Go Away...........................................................................63
WHAT’S NEW IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION: WHAT IS MEASURED ............................64
New Focus on the Marketplace for BDS..................................................................65
Providers—Commercial Players Means Commercially Based Indicators .............65
SMEs—Getting “Real” over Assessing Performance .............................................66
Beyond SMEs—Unchanged Indicators....................................................................67
WHAT’S NEW IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION: HOW WE MEASURE..............................67
Market-Level—The Same Tools in Evaluation as in Design..................................67
Providers—Using Standard Business-Analysis Tools.............................................67
SMEs—Practical and More-Market Focused Approaches......................................69
WHAT’S NEW IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION: WHY WE MEASURE..............................70
OUTSTANDING ISSUES .............................................................................................................71
ANNEX A: REFERENCES A-1