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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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Harnessing Big Data for the Greater Good

Author(s):

The SEEP Network
At the SEEP 2014 conference, a panel on the ‘Big Data’ Revolution discussed ways to use new sources of information to adapt service delivery and improve approaches to inclusive market development.

South Africa: Women Top Success Rates in SME Survey

Author(s):

Marketlinks Team
The SME Survey 2014, an annual study of factors behind the success of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa, has found that a small business owned by a woman has a better chance of being profitable than one run by a man.
African woman working in shop.

Africa's Women Entrepreneurs Take the Lead

Author(s):

Marketlinks Team
About 63 percent of women in the non-agricultural labor force are self-employed in the informal sector in Africa, more than twice the worldwide rate, according to World Bank data.

How to Create Economic Opportunities and Jobs for Youth in 2014

Author(s):

Marketlinks Team
Brookings Visiting Fellow John W. McArthur delves into this issue and tries to answer the question that impacts in nearly all African countries: How do we increase economic opportunities for our rapidly growing youth population?

Building Better Business Schools for the Developing World

Author(s):

Michael Deal
Business schools in the developing world are finding they need to incorporate entrepreneurship education in their offerings. For these schools, building a curriculum is not just a matter of imitating their long established counterparts.

Challenging Barriers to Women’s Leadership in Cooperatives

Author(s):

Marketlinks Team
The International Development division of Land O’Lakes, Inc. – a full-fledged development organization that currently works in 22 countries across Asia and Africa – has observed numerous barriers to women’s cooperative leadership.