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USAID is pleased to announce the publication of the Amazon Vision 2021 Report,  an update on the Agency’s strategy to respond to threats to the biodiversity, ecosystems, and communities of the Amazon basin.  USAID’s Amazon Vision unifies the Agency’s goals to combat deforestation, conserve biodiversity, create environmentally friendly economic opportunities, improve the management of important landscapes, and support Indigenous rights in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.

In March 2021, the USAID Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning (USAID/PPL) COVID Analytics Team prepared "Tracking the First- and Second-Order Impacts of COVID-19," a concise landscape analysis examining the pandemic's impacts across USAID sectors and regions after one year.  The analysis explores six broad areas -- the health crisis, macroeconomic and mobility shocks, household-level impacts, shifts in democratic governance and civic engagement, national security, and climate change -- and leverages the best available data from USAID and external institutions to unders

This report provides an analysis of the microinsurance sector in Sri Lanka with related data to the years 2013-2015.

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).

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

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

This paper was written by The Competitiveness Company as part of the Pathways out of Poverty Case Study series.

This study is part of a series of guided case studies aimed at exploring whether and under what conditions the application of a value chain approach can help accelerate economic growth in conflict-affected environments. It documents the use of the value chain approach to shift the design of an infrastructure program from direct implementation to longer-term, sector development. The study focuses on the USAID-funded, CHF-implemented KATA project, which aims to advance stability in Haiti’s most conflict-prone cities by stimulating employment and supporting sustainable livelihoods.

Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA) is a rapid market analysis designed to be used in the short-term aftermath of a sudden-onset crisis. This report uses the EMMA tool to analyze the agricultural labor market system in the Sud-Est (Southeast) department of Haiti in March-April 2010, several months after the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. The report describes the baseline and the affected situation of the agricultural labor market system and analyzes the likely impact of various interventions aimed at meeting households’ basic needs.

Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA) is a rapid market analysis designed to be used in the short-term aftermath of a sudden-onset crisis. This report uses the EMMA tool to analyze the beans market system in the Sud-Est (Southeast) department of Haiti in March-April 2010, several months after the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The report examines constraints in the beans market system, the earthquake-related disruptions that persist, and provides short-term and long-term recommendations.

This study explores the life stories of 125 women who have lived through violent political conflict in four middle-income countries.

How cash transfer progammes targeting children in poor households are an effective way of reducing poverty.

A model for integrating microfinance into traditional banking operations and measuring profitability.

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