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The “Domino Effect” of Disbursing a Single Microloan

Society Development Committee, or SDC, based in Faridpur, Bangladesh, is a microfinance partner of the Feed the Future Bangladesh Livestock and Nutrition Activity, funded by USAID and implemented by ACDI/VOCA. Through this partnership, thousands of people working in Bangladesh’s livestock sector have benefited from microfinance products.

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A New Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation

Author(s):

Microlinks Team
In the most recent episode of the USAID Learning Labs podcast, we learn about a shift in monitoring and evaluation methods incorporating learning into resilience project design in Somalia.

What Works for Women’s Employment

Author(s):

Sarah Gammage,
Liliane Winograd
Learn how demand-side interventions can be powerful tools to increase women’s economic participation.

What We Learned Through ONA... and What We Learned About ONA

Author(s):

Craig Hempfling
The Government of Serbia is growing the MSME sector through public, private, education and civil society actors. USAID/Serbia asked the LEO activity to utilize organizational network analysis (ONA) to explore these networks' effectiveness.

Spotlight on the PSNP 4 Employment Pathway

Author(s):

Tesfaye Tilahun Workineh
Learn how the Government of Ethiopia moved away from annual emergency responses and took decisive action to tackle food insecurity in a systematic manner by launching the Productive Safety Net Program.

Is Ultra Poverty Graduation Working?

Author(s):

Daniel Kessler
To reach scale and achieve the goal of eradication of extreme poverty by 2030, the graduation approach requires collaborative action among NGOs, MFIs and governments implementing safety net programs.