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 document outlines the key lessons learned for the cost-effective implementation of a household livelihoods survey, drawn from the experience of a successful effort in earthquake-affected Pakistan.

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.

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:

A Youth Financial Service practitioner describes how Hatton Bank (HNB) of Sri Lanka links youth and rural poor to financial services through both formal and informal avenues.

Hiring women to be sales agents to develop the embroidered garment value chain in Pakistan.