This briefing paper provides an overview of the facilitation approach to project implementation adopted by USAID, which attempts to address the challenges of achieving sustainability and scale in value chain or market systems development.
Facilitation attempts to stimulate change in market systems without the project taking a direct role in or becoming part of the system. This paper provides an overview of the key principles for facilitation, as well as tactics for implementation and methods to measure results.
The paper was funded through the Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project (AMAP), and the authors are welcoming feedback on the contents of the brief. To get involved, and for more information on AMAP and related publications, please visit
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You can access the briefing paper here.