Market Systems Development Operational Guidance Note November 2017

Economic growth has helped lift hundreds of millions out of poverty. However, many people remain poor, unable to effectively participate in or benefit from economic growth despite being economically active as workers, producers and consumers. Structural inequalities and other constraints – including policy, legal and cultural environments – mean that they lack the inputs, services, skills development and information they need to be competitive and to adapt to the challenges and opportunities economic growth brings.