Resource Library

Learn about Local Labor Market Assessments and how youth-serving organizations can use such assessments in their work. Watch the recording below: 

View resources from the 2017 Market Systems Global Learning and Evidence Exchange (GLEE) in Bangkok, Thailand.

This presentation highlights new findings on global value chain (GVC) upgrading in large and small economies. Drawing on emerging research, Gary Gereffi discusses several factors related to new trends in GVC upgrading, including state policy and a re-emphasis on the domestic market, the regionalization of value chains, and the role of shifting end markets for developing country exporters. He talks about these trends in the context of Brazil and Costa Rica, as seen in three manufacturing industries.

This presentation introduces a model for working in complex systems and then demonstrates that model using the international development challenge of strengthening a rubber value chain in Indonesia.

The related resources below are products of the "Financing Value Chains" session of USAID's Meeting the Challenges of Value Chain Development: A Learning Event. Session Description:

Impact of the global economic crisis on remittance trends.

The effects of the global economic recession on remittance flows.

Worldwide trends in remittance flows.

Supporting planning efforts through end-market research, SWOT analysis and supply chain assessments.

Census information related to State-Owned Retail Banks across the globe conducted in 2004.