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Keck discusses Engility’s experience working with cereals value chains in the Senegal Economic Growth Project, as the linkages between development work and stabilization efforts in countries in crisis or emerging from crisis.

New index from the Economist Intelligence Unit, commissioned by the Multilateral Investment Fund, scores 20 countries on their support for female owners of micro, small and medium enterprises.

Eric Derks of Tetra Tech provides key takeaways from his presentation during MPEP Seminar #5.

David Weiss of Global Communities recently sat down with Microlinks to discuss the Cracking the Nut Africa conference, a joint effort of Global Communities, USAID/Rwanda, and AZMJ.

Anita Campion and Nikolaus Eichman of AZMJ share their thoughts on what participants can expect from the Cracking the Nut Africa conference to be held in Kigali, Rwanda.

For Van Dusen, Cracking the Nut Africa represents an opportunity to share critical innovations and lessons learned with the broader development community.

ACDI/VOCA, with its partner organization Bai Tushum Fund (BT Fund), will work to reduce barriers to human capital, social capital and business information that limit the growth of women-owned SMEs in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Learn more about the Cracking the Nut Conference to be held on October 14-16 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Learn more about the Cracking the Nut Conference to be held on October 14-16 in Kigali, Rwanda.

From June 24 to July 5, 2013, Dr. Alan Osman, an international volunteer from ACDI/VOCA specializing in business development for small and medium enterprises, assisted the Souztextile association in developing and formulating its strategic plan to expand its membership.

Recommendations are emerging concerning how to improve outreach to the very poor who often lack the time, resources and confidence to engage in value chain projects, but additional research is still needed.

El Programa Mujeres Empresarias Liderando el Desarrollo (MELD), promovido y financiado por USAID (Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional), tiene como objetivo fortalecer las capacidades de gestión y liderazgo de mujeres empresarias de la pequeña empresa.

Citizen Journalism is changing the world by empowering local communities to tell their stories from their own perspectives. WLSME Kyrgyzstan staff members are keeping up with the latest trends in development by holding a multimedia training on 26-29 June 2013 on state-of-the-art mobile journalism or “MoJo” kits to develop skills that will ultimately contribute to the WLSME program’s success.

This month, the WLSME Kyrgyzstan program released a Rapid Market Assessment report to scan industry competitiveness and opportunities for women-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kyrgyzstan.

Anita Campion and Nikolaus Eichman of AZMJ talk about their expectations for the 2013 Cracking the Nut Conference, and what AZMJ plans on presenting.

Three presenters from USAID and Michigan State University covered topics ranging from how long agricultural transformation will take, to what types of resources smallholder famers have at their disposal.

John Mennel of Deloitte discuses what he looks forward to at the Cracking the Nut Conference in Dresden, Germany.

Moloney is currently working on a major cocoa project with USAID in Peru that aims to engage the private sector in development.

Participants discuss some of the major questions from the 2013 Lift Learning Event, hosted by FHI 360.

Alejandro Escobar of the Multilateral Investment Fund at the IDB recently joined Microlinks for a preview interview about the Cracking the Nut Conference. Among other things, Escobar looks forward to networking and learning from other participants.

Looking ahead to the June 25-26 Cracking the Nut Conference 2013 in Dresden, Germany, Roger Frank of Innovare Advisors reflects on the critical importance of collaboration in the food security community.

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.

Mary Ott, Mission Director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Egypt, speaks to Al-Ahram Weekly about entrepreneurship in Egypt and what USAID is doing to help entrepreneurs.

In this short interview as part of the KM Insights series, Dar discusses the various components of ensuring a successful, interactive webinar.

A new study finds that the Yemeni microfinance market is only 8% of its potential size, marking a significant area for potential growth.