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  • About the DCED
    • Introduction to the DCED
    • Member Exchange and Learning
    • Member agencies and their PSD policies
    • Technical helpline for members
    • DCED Executive Committee
    • DCED Secretariat
  • Implementing PSD
    • PSD in a changing global aid context
    • Industrial Policy
    • Private Sector Engagement
    • Employment creation
    • Market Systems Development
    • Digitalisation and PSD
    • Business Environment Reform
    • Fragile and forced displacement contexts
    • Green PSD
    • Women’s Economic Empowerment
    • Small Enterprise Development
    • Value Chain Development
    • Inclusive Business
    • Local Economic Development
  • Evidence
    • Impact stories
    • Evaluations of agencies’ PSD work
    • Evidence framework
  • Results Measurement
    • Introduction to the DCED Standard
    • Guidelines for implementing the Standard
    • Toolkit for implementing the Standard
    • Sample size calculator
    • Case studies and examples
    • Consultancy support
    • Auditing the results measurement system
  • Events
    • DCED webinars
    • DCED Annual Meetings for members
    • DCED Global Seminars
    • Training and events in PSD by other organisations
  • PSD Jobs
  • About the DCED
    • Introduction to the DCED
    • Member Exchange and Learning
    • Member agencies and their PSD policies
    • Technical helpline for members
    • DCED Executive Committee
    • DCED Secretariat
  • Implementing PSD
    • PSD in a changing global aid context
    • Industrial Policy
    • Private Sector Engagement
    • Employment creation
    • Market Systems Development
    • Digitalisation and PSD
    • Business Environment Reform
    • Fragile and forced displacement contexts
    • Green PSD
    • Women’s Economic Empowerment
    • Small Enterprise Development
    • Value Chain Development
    • Inclusive Business
    • Local Economic Development
  • Evidence
    • Impact stories
    • Evaluations of agencies’ PSD work
    • Evidence framework
  • Results Measurement
    • Introduction to the DCED Standard
    • Guidelines for implementing the Standard
    • Toolkit for implementing the Standard
    • Sample size calculator
    • Case studies and examples
    • Consultancy support
    • Auditing the results measurement system
  • Events
    • DCED webinars
    • DCED Annual Meetings for members
    • DCED Global Seminars
    • Training and events in PSD by other organisations
  • PSD Jobs
  • About the DCED
    • Introduction to the DCED
    • Member Exchange and Learning
    • Member agencies and their PSD policies
    • Technical helpline for members
    • DCED Executive Committee
    • DCED Secretariat
  • Implementing PSD
    • PSD in a changing global aid context
    • Industrial Policy
    • Private Sector Engagement
    • Employment creation
    • Market Systems Development
    • Digitalisation and PSD
    • Business Environment Reform
    • Fragile and forced displacement contexts
    • Green PSD
    • Women’s Economic Empowerment
    • Small Enterprise Development
    • Value Chain Development
    • Inclusive Business
    • Local Economic Development
  • Evidence
    • Impact stories
    • Evaluations of agencies’ PSD work
    • Evidence framework
  • Results Measurement
    • Introduction to the DCED Standard
    • Guidelines for implementing the Standard
    • Toolkit for implementing the Standard
    • Sample size calculator
    • Case studies and examples
    • Consultancy support
    • Auditing the results measurement system
  • Events
    • DCED webinars
    • DCED Annual Meetings for members
    • DCED Global Seminars
    • Training and events in PSD by other organisations
  • PSD Jobs
  • About the DCED
    • Introduction to the DCED
    • Member Exchange and Learning
    • Member agencies and their PSD policies
    • Technical helpline for members
    • DCED Executive Committee
    • DCED Secretariat
  • Implementing PSD
    • PSD in a changing global aid context
    • Industrial Policy
    • Private Sector Engagement
    • Employment creation
    • Market Systems Development
    • Digitalisation and PSD
    • Business Environment Reform
    • Fragile and forced displacement contexts
    • Green PSD
    • Women’s Economic Empowerment
    • Small Enterprise Development
    • Value Chain Development
    • Inclusive Business
    • Local Economic Development
  • Evidence
    • Impact stories
    • Evaluations of agencies’ PSD work
    • Evidence framework
  • Results Measurement
    • Introduction to the DCED Standard
    • Guidelines for implementing the Standard
    • Toolkit for implementing the Standard
    • Sample size calculator
    • Case studies and examples
    • Consultancy support
    • Auditing the results measurement system
  • Events
    • DCED webinars
    • DCED Annual Meetings for members
    • DCED Global Seminars
    • Training and events in PSD by other organisations
  • PSD Jobs
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    • Business Environment Reform
    • Digitalisation and PSD
    • Employment creation
    • Green PSD
    • Inclusive Business
    • Industrial Policy
    • Local Economic Development
    • Market systems and people in poverty
    • Private Sector Engagement
    • PSD in fragile and forced displacement contexts
    • Refugees and PSD
    • Small Enterprise Development
    • Value chain development
    • Women’s economic empowerment
    • Youth employment
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  • Evidence
    • Impact stories
    • Evaluations of agencies’ PSD work
    • Evidence framework
      • Business Environment Reform changes firms’ behaviour
      • Business Environment Reform leads to increased turnover or profits
      • Business Environment Reform leads to new firms being started or registered
      • Changes in firms’ behaviour and rates of investment lead to economic growth
      • Firm creation and registration lead to higher productivity/ revenues
      • Firms changing behaviour leads to higher productivity/ revenues
      • Firms change behaviour then increase productivity/ revenues
      • Firms change behaviour when market failures have been addressed
      • Firms start up when donors address market failures
      • Growth raises income for the poor
      • Higher firm productivity leads to higher profitability
      • Increased firm turnover and/or profits create economic growth
      • Increased productivity/ revenue leads to poverty reduction
      • Increased productivity creates economic growth
      • Increased productivity / revenues lead to increased employment
      • Job creation leads to poverty reduction
      • Link between economic growth and employment
      • Donor support to partner companies changes their behaviour
      • Behavioural changes or increased investment by donor-supported companies leads to new firms being started or registered
      • When new firms are created or registered, more people are employed
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  • Introduction to the DCED Standard
    • Introduction to the DCED Standard
    • Guidelines for implementing the Standard
    • Toolkit for implementing the Standard
    • Sample Size Calculator
    • Case Studies and Examples
    • Consultancy support
    • Auditing the results measurement system
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  • DCED guidance
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