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April 4, 2023

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) affirms that gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment are fundamental for the realization of human rights and key to effective and sustainable development outcomes. For societies to thrive, women and girls, men and boys, and gender-diverse individuals must have the agency, social support, and structures to make their own choices and live free from violence and abuse. They must have equal rights and opportunities, as well as equal and safe access to and control over resources.

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Sauti Trade Insights COVID-19 Bulletin

COVID-19 has imposed extreme challenges for East Africa’s micro and small enterprise traders. The Sauti Trade Insights COVID-19 Bulletin leverages Sauti East Africa's unique analytical perspective to document traders’ changes in business behaviour in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We present key findings on the economic impacts of COVID-19 on traders, drawing on behavioural insights from our mobile-based market information platforms in Kenya and Rwanda.

Photo: A farmer collects grass from bushes in the surrounding hills to feed her cows and to make the soil bed for her coffee plants.

Supporting Women Throughout the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Economic Recovery

In addition to its immediate adverse impact on women’s and girls’ health and education, the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to further exacerbate existing gender inequalities in economic opportunities across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Photo: Kenyan Women Grow Nutritious Crops Photo Credit: Fintrac Inc

Development Finance: How It Can Enable The Growth And Transformation Of Agriculture

This post introduces a resource from Gatsby Africa that looks at the role of finance in sector transformation.

Survey to Explore Growth Barriers Faced by Female Entrepreneurs in East Africa

The aim of this report is to establish the growth barriers faced by female entrepreneurs that hinder them growing from micro and small enterprises to medium and large-sized businesses.

Keeping an Edge: What Will it Take in the Current Microfinance Context?

The information contained in this report represents the collective insights of 39 microfinance association leaders from 33 countries across Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia.

FIELD Report 12: Behavior Change Perspectives on Gender and Value Chain Development: A Framework for Analysis and Implementation

This FIELD Report presents a framework for how gender perspectives and behavior change impacts value chains upgrading.

Outreach, Outcomes and Sustainability in Value Chain Projects

An analysis of evidence from seven projects that the value chain approach leads to patterns of outreach, outcomes and sustainability.

Global Food Security Response Mali Rice Study

The Mali Rice Study provides recommendations for an upgrading strategy to enhance food security and the competitiveness of the rice value chain in Mali.

Gender Sensitive Value Chain Development: Learning from the Embroidered Garment Value Chain in Pakistan (Presentation)

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

Linking Smallholders in Ethiopia and Rwanda to Higher Value Coffee Markets

Steve McCarthy presented, "Linking Smallholders in Ethiopia and Rwanda to Higher Value Coffee Markets." The seminar was the 31st installment of the Linking Small Firms to Competitiveness Strategies Breakfast Seminar Series sponsored by the USAID Microenterprise Development office.

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