Resource Library

The Resource Library serves as a broad resource hub, including over 1000 documents, training materials, wikis, and curated reports to increase readers' awareness, understanding, and proficiency of several topics in market systems development. Users have access to proposals, evaluation materials, and USAID policy updates, as well as training modules and wikis to boost skills and knowledge.

These resources are bolstered by the inclusion of curated USAID reports published on the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) which serves as a repository of reports from completed or ongoing USAID development projects around the globe. The full USAID Development Clearinghouse website can be accessed here.

Case Study Series: Women-Inclusive Return on Investment (WI-ROI)

These case studies profile select small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have implemented a women-inclusive intervention and can demonstrate financial returns for that investment. The case studies help address a gap in evidence from firms in lower- and middle-income countries on the return on investment (ROI) from women’s inclusion and unpack themes from USAID’s Women Inclusive Return on Investment (WI-ROI) Framework.

The case study series features:

  • By: Erin MarkelSabine GarbarinoYaquta Fatehi
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5.2.9. Climate, Legal and Institutional Reform Tools (CLIR)

MicroCLIR MicroCLIR is a process developed to assess micro-level policy, regulatory, and institutional constraints impacting the performance of specific value chains. The MicroCLIR process was designed to examine how laws and policies, institutions, political economy, and social dynamics impact commercial activity within specific critical sectors.

Migrant Remittances Newsletter May 2011

This issue features an analysis of Cuba, Western Union’s thoughts on public-private partnerships, and new research on how skilled migrants promote home country development.

FACET Factsheet

FACET is a TA mechanism designed to help Missions use ICTs to improve the impact of their agriculture projects.

HIFIVE Factsheet

HIFIVE improves the availability of financial products/services to sup¬port the expansion of agriculture and other production.

PRODEL Factsheet

PRODEL improves livelihoods by supporting the expansion of private enterprises that have the potential to generate income.

ESAF Factsheet

ESAF is designed to help build a more inclusive financial sector in the West Bank and Gaza for households and MSMEs.

STRIVE Factsheet

STRIVE uses market-led economic strengthening initiatives to test how they benefit vulnerable youth and children.

4.3.10. Improving the Food Security of Vulnerable Populations with a Value Chain Approach

Background In many contexts there is significant overlap between vulnerability, poverty and food insecurity.[1] This is unsurprising, as food insecurity is typically a key contributor to vulnerability. Food insecurity exacerbates vulnerability both in the short run (e.g. inadequate food forces people to sell their productive assets) and long-run (e.g. poor nutrition creates cognitive challenges that lower career earning potential).

ESAF & the Banking Sector

ESAF is educating consumers and building capacity of banks, training and educational institutions, and regulators.

ESAF & University Strengthening

ESAF seeks to expand and improve course curriculum, pedagogical methodologies, and faculty capacity within selected universities in the West Bank.