Gender Sensitive Value Chain Development: Learning from the Embroidered Garment Value Chain in Pakistan (Presentation)

  • Date Posted: June 2, 2010
  • Authors: Jason Wolfe
  • Organizations/Projects: USAID Microenterprise Development office
  • Document Types: Evidence or Research, Other
  • Donor Type: U.S. Agency for International Development

Jason Wolfe of the USAID Microenterprise Development office presented, “Gender-Sensitive Value Chain Development: Learning from the embroidered garment value chain in Pakistan.” The seminar was the 24th installment of the Linking Small Firms to Competitiveness Strategies Breakfast Seminar Series sponsored by the USAID Microenterprise Development office.

The presentation focused on a USAID-funded project implemented by Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) and their Pakistani partner, Entrepreneurship & Career Development Institute (ECDI). This project has had success developing the embroidered garment value chain by identifying women who have some mobility to be sales agents.