Resource Library

In this special seminar, presenters took an in-depth look at USAID's efforts in digital payments, with key insights and findings from USAID’s Payment Innovations activity in Zimbabwe.

The five-year Mobile Solutions Technical Assistance and Research (mSTAR) award is a broad, flexible, and responsive program designed to foster the rapid adoption and scale-up of mobile money, mobile access, and mobile data in developing countries.

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

"Mentoring and Belonging" was presented under the Gender track at the 2013 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference. Abigail Kaindu and Catherine Boyce from Camfed share how mentoring and coaching enhances young people’s economic participation.

Grounded in an overview of CARE’s approach to resilience, this session features evidence and lessons learned from some of CARE’s most successful market engagement initiatives.

This profile discusses GeoTraceability, a private agribusiness technology company that leverages GPS mapping— integrated into a customized GIS—to help clients meet traceability demands in the marketplace.

This FIELD Report presents a framework for how gender perspectives and behavior change impacts value chains upgrading.

This presentation by TechnoServe presents the organization's strategy for improving nutrition through its work with the private sector. Five strategies are outlined: nutritional reviews, food fortification, commercialization of nutritious food, crop diversification, and encouraging embedded nutritional services by value chain actors. The presentation briefly examples two examples of how this strategy could be applied.

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

Increasing producer revenues is key because they are the primary natural resource stakeholders.

Ophavela is a MFI that oversees the rotating savings and credit associations in the rural districts of Nampula province.

Male Yeru is a social-economic development association, serving about 1200 clients, in southern Maputo province.

CMN is an association of 2000 women focusing on issues of economic and social development.

BOM has shown a strong commitment to a pro-active response to HIV/AIDS within their institution.