Resource Library

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

To build upon the customs modernization reforms currently being undertaken by the Customs Authority in Timor-Leste, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Learning, Evaluation, and Analysis Project (LEAP III), on behalf of USAID/Timor-Leste, assessed the current operational and legal environment within the customs sector. The review sought, inter alia, to determine the Authority’s adherence to international norms and best practices, with a particular focus on trade facilitation.

This assessment was commissioned by USAID/Timor-Leste to determine definable gaps between current and future “effective demand” and “effective supply” of finance in the rural agricultural sector.

USAID’s HIFIVE program, led by WOCCU and FHI 360, has partnered with caisse populaire SOCOLAVIM to support the credit union to tackle critical barriers to expanding access to finance in the Artibonite department of Haiti.  This success story explores how SOCOLAVIM with the support of HIFIVE was able to interconnect all of SOCOLAVIM’s branches by investing in information and communication technology (ICT).

Mangos are Haiti’s largest agricultural export, topping over $10 million in sales per year. Not surprisingly, exporters prefer to work with suppliers who can provide large volumes of mangos at consistent quality. This preference makes it difficult for small producers to participate in the lucrative mango export market. Individually, “very poor” producers in Haiti’s Central Plateau do not produce mangos at a large enough volume to supply exporters directly. Thus, market limitations have a prohibitive effect on the income of very poor producers.

This brief discusses how an innovative partnership model in the Eastern Caribbean helped youth kick-start their business ideas.

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.

HIFIVE has created new opportunities for Haitian farmers by increasing access to agricultural credit.

This success story highlights the experience of Ismela Henry, a youth entrepreneur from St. Lucia, who was awarded a start-up grant to establish her business.

Lessons learned from economic livelihood programs aimed at improving the economic future of street children.

This microREPORT looks at two dimensions of expansion of access to credit for small and medium agricultural producers.

Case studies on the profitability and sustainability of State-Owned Retail Banks (SORBs).

ECYMP is designed to accelerate the creation of sustainable livelihoods and self-employment opportunities for vulnerable youth.