For the past two days I’ve been meeting with rice industry players around Kumasi, Ghana with Nash, a field business facilitator on the USAID ADVANCE agriculture market development project. Nash has been doing this work for decades in all parts of Ghana. So we had a lot to talk about, but one thing that …»
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 1 comment | Category: From The Field |  Tags: agriculture - business - donor projects - field realities - Ghana - good intentions are not enough - market facilitation - NGO - rice - sustainability. In a taxi-ride conversation about how market facilitation happens and business relationships form in Canada, my fellow colleagues Mark, Mike, Colleen and I laugh when our answer is “deals on the golf course”. The logical extension is that we’re seriously investing our time in the wrong way—we should be building 9-hole golf courses! But …» 1 comment | Category: Questions | Tags: business - community - end-game - Ghana - government - market facilitation - scale up - sustainability. 
When I got the call to go out into Accra in Ghana and find shoes for sale I knew my job would be an easy one. In Accra, the shoe options are endless. You can easily find new and used shoes, and the varieties are abundant. Sandals (of all kinds), runners, beautiful men’s work …» 1 comment | Category: From The Field | Tags: capacity building - day without dignity - dignity - good intentions are not enough - market facilitation - toms shoes - usiness. 
Photographs taken by Erin Antcliffe at the market in Ghana. This post is part of a series in support of A Day Without Dignity campaign led by Good Intentions are Not …»  2 comments | Category: From The Field | Tags: business - capacity building - day without dignity - dignity - good intentions are not enough - market facilitation - toms shoes. 
Guest submission by Binnu Jeyakumar– Ghana Here are some photos of some of the shoe stalls that were in the Chereponi market on market day (which happens once every 6 days). There were probably about a dozen. Chereponi is a small town in northern Ghana close to Togo. Most of the shoes …» 4 comments | Category: From The Field | Tags: business - capacity building - day without dignity - dignity - good intentions are not enough - market facilitation - toms shoes. 
Photographs taken by Jolly Ann Maulit in Mchinji, Malawi. This post is part of a series in support of A Day Without Dignity campaign led by Good Intentions are Not …» 2 comments | Category: From The Field | Tags: business - capacity building - day without dignity - dignity - good intentions are not enough - market facilitation - toms shoes. 
Shoe Repair in Lilongwe Market, Area 3. October 2009 Reuse, recycle, repair seem to be the golden rules for shoes in Malawi. If the sole of your shoe gets worn through, if your heal breaks loose, if you need some touching-ups, you take it to the shoe repair man. These are conveniently located …» 1 comment | Category: From The Field | Tags: business - capacity building - day without dignity - dignity - good intentions are not enough - market facilitation - toms shoes. 
Photographs taken by Don D’Souza in Kpandai, Northern Region, Ghana. Zanubia She supports her five kids by selling shoes in the market every week. She buys shoes in bulk from Accra for between 8 to 9 cedis and sells here at the market for between 10 and 11 cedis. She explained that it was …» 8 comments | Category: From The Field | Tags: business - capacity building - day without dignity - dignity - good intentions are not enough - market facilitation - toms shoes. 
Guest submission by Duncan McNicholl – Malawi Whether it be shoes or t-shirts, the belief that nothing can be found in Africa seem prevalent. A brief stroll around the market will tell you otherwise. Here, an afternoon spent walking around the market in Karonga, a small town in Northern Malawi, turned up lots of …» 3 comments | Category: From The Field | Tags: business - capacity building - day without dignity - dignity - good intentions are not enough - market facilitation - toms shoes. 
In my last post, I spoke of my attempt to improve the profit margins of small agricultural businesses by strengthening the linkage to a Zambian chemical company. Bulk purchasing would allow these small business owners to improve profit margins, by sharing transportation costs and receiving a larger discount from input supply companies. I worked …» Comment | Category: Failure Reports | Tags: agricultural input shops - chemical company - improving profit margins - incentive - market facilitation - trust-building. |
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