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Marketlinks, Agrilinks, and the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security (EEFS) project hosted a joint webinar on Thursday, February 6, 2020, examining the enabling environment for agricultural market systems in fragile contexts.

This is the third post in a series exploring how a partnership facility can work as an interface between donor-funded programs and their private-sector partners, and how the partnerships that emerge can be an engine driving systemic change.

Drawing on a new ILO database, this report provides an up-to-date and realistic assessment of the global contribution of self-employment and micro- and small enterprises to employment – both in the formal and the informal economy.

Find resources here from October’s event on YouthSave, including a webinar recording, recap blog, video commentary, and slides from the event.

Check out presenters' key takeaways, download presentation slides, and other post-event products from this Microlinks Seminar.

There is a clear need for better risk management for small scale farmers, yet the demand for microinsurance from clients is not necessarily there. Pranav Prashad discusses the challenges of delivering agricultural microinsurance.

Kobor focuses on the following four points: new payment methods, financial inclusion, economic development, and financial regulations.

This amendment sets the requirement for the development and certification of poverty assessment tools.

This video was captured during the microinsurance training event organised by the Gordon Institute of Business Science and supported by the Microinsurance Innovation Facility, in October 2010. Janice Angove and Nashelo Tande, from the actuarial consultancy Quindiem, present the business case for microinsurance. Drawing on Quindiem’s research into insurance and the low-income market, Angove and Tande discuss how microinsurance can contribute to a company’s sustainability, the keys to success within this market and how insurers must balance innovation with good business practice.

On May 17, 2011, The U.S. Department of State, The United States Agency for International Development, United States Trade and Development Agency, and Migration Policy Institute convened to launch the International Diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) at the Secretary's Global Diaspora Forum.

he Secretary's Global Diaspora Forum was a three-day event that took place in Washington DC and marked the launch of the International Diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA).

Using current data and documentation, this report discusses the role remittances in African economies.