The Market Corner

The Market Corner is Marketlinks’ new bi-monthly blog series, authored by Canopy’s Managing Partner Holly Lard Krueger, exploring the application of systems thinking in international development.

Market System Development in Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations (Part 2, October 2021)
Market Systems Development in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (Part 1, October 2021)
Applying Systems Thinking in the Health Sector (Part 3; November 2021)
Applying Systems Thinking in the Health Sector (Part 2, November 2021)
Applying Systems Thinking in the Health Sector (Part 1, November 2021)
Advice for Aspiring Senior Market Systems Development Leaders (Part 2, December 2021)
Examining Leadership’s Impact on Market System Development Programing (Part 1, December 2021)
Five Lessons from e-Business to Inform Market Systems Development Work (Part 2, January 2022)
Applying a Systems Approach to e-Business (Part 1, January 2022)
Working at the Nexus of Health and the Environment (Part 2, February 2022)
Towards Greater Equity and Inclusion in Supply Chains (Part 1, February 2022)
Responding to Challenges in Adapting Market Systems Development Approaches to the Care Economy (Part 2, March 2022)
Overcoming Obstacles to Greater Uptake of Deep Impact Investing Approaches (Part 2, April 2022)
 Elevating Environmental and Social Justice Returns on Investment (Part 1, April 2022)
Discovering and Sharing Market Systems Development Tools and Resources at MSS2022 (Part 1, May 2022)

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Andrew Panton

Senior Consultant

I am committed to improving human livelihoods and resilience in balance with nature. At the Canopy Lab, I provide research and advisory support to projects working on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and resilience, nature-based solutions, sustainable tourism, and market systems development. Outside work, I’m a keen guitarist, cyclist and bookworm, with a love for food, travelling and learning languages.

JESSICA RUST-SMITH

Senior Consultant

I work across markets, business and supply chains, impact investing, agriculture, and women’s economic empowerment. I am an experienced monitoring, evaluation, research and learning consultant and project manager with expertise in the use of mixed methods, theory-based approaches and data collection and analysis. I have been working in M&E for market systems development for 10 years now, and going strong.