Since summer 2020, NIRAS and Agora Global Ltd have been implementing Sida’s Market Systems Development (MSD) Helpdesk. In 2021, CDC joined the pool of senior MSD experts around the world providing technical services to the Helpdesk, which has implemented over 40 short-term assignments ranging from MSD reviews, support to strategy development, portfolio analyses, to workshops, and across continents and technical fields.

It recently supported Sida in setting up an open access MSD toolbox that can be used by anyone to integrate MSD perspectives in their work, from analysis and design, development of interventions, and results measurement work.