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COVID-19 has imposed extreme challenges for East Africa’s micro and small enterprise traders. The Sauti Trade Insights COVID-19 Bulletin leverages Sauti East Africa's unique analytical perspective to document traders’ changes in business behaviour in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We present key findings on the economic impacts of COVID-19 on traders, drawing on behavioural insights from our mobile-based market information platforms in Kenya and Rwanda. 

In this post, read about the long-term investments USAID, the Government of Kenya, and other donors are making to address the underlying causes of recurrent crises.

Recent development experiences indicate that smallholders can play a significant role in competitive value chains.

This paper examines transferring risk in a way that reduces the need for households to rely on costly coping strategies that undermine their future productivity.

USAID is working to identify and mitigate the implicit and explicit barriers to entry to economic enterprise, including those related to persons with disabilities.

A new CARE report looks at lessons from eight innovative projects to connect poor people to banks and financial institutions using mobile phones and other means.

AgriManagr is used by outgrowing companies to improve their efficiency by automating the procurement process.

The USAID/East Africa Market Linkages Initiative was a two-year regional program to promote growth in food staples and food security, working alongside partners to integrate smallholder farmers into more efficient national and regional markets.

This document analyzes the domestic and export markets, channels and competitors for Kenyan livestock and meat.

This document, produced under a primer series on social safety nets, assesses the role of food aid in improving food availability and food access. It is based on a synthesis of experiences in four countries:  India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Zambia. It concludes that food aid does not have to create negative impacts, particularly if it is tied to the development of infrastructure that supports production and market linkages, avoids creating negative price effects for food producers, and reaches the food insecure.

The Mali Rice Study provides recommendations for an upgrading strategy to enhance food security and the competitiveness of the rice value chain in Mali.

Reviewing market accessibility as farmers work to comply with EUREPGAP process-based standards and certification.

Triple bottom line of economic, social, and environmental issues in relation to Kenya's fisheriers value chain.

Analysis of the World Council of Credit Unions' (WOCCU) work with credit unions in Peru and Kenya.