Integration should depend on the bottlenecks identified in the market systems analysis. These might not be relevant in all contexts, and countries should avoid ad hoc selection of intervention areas without a solid analysis of the local market. Where suitable, integration with other interventions can offer a holistic service delivery and sustainable impact of their programme. By encouraging collaboration, aligning objectives and sharing resources, the intervention can enhance efficiency, avoid duplication and create synergies that maximize benefits for the target populations.

Here are a few examples of how integration took place within the PROSPECTS programme for Market systems and value chain development: 

• The programme should seek different supporting functions like business development service training and information, alongside the laws, policies and social norms that govern it.

• Developing market systems can support the formation of cooperatives. For example, in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, cooperative structures were supported as a part of value-chain development. This involved helping individual refugee and host community producers/farmers organize into collective groups where they could pool resources and production and therefore gain both bargaining power with buyers and access to markets.

• Access to finance is another aspect that can be considered based on the specific bottlenecks identified. Improving financial literacy and access to financial products, such as loans, can enable business start-ups and growth. It can also support cooperatives to start and scale up.

• another point not linked to an intervention