Design thinking helps create competitive advantage by placing a user-centric approach on identifying needs and finding innovative ways to meet those needs. This slide deck describes an approach to collaborating with stakeholders and determining market development needs. It touches on the high level approach required to co-create growth in emerging markets by researching, ideating and prototyping market development models that will support economic development and help in generating sustainable employment opportunities. By supporting an design thinking innovation lead culture, economies are better placed to generate change.