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

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

The Expanded and Sustained Access to Financial Services Program (ESAF), funded through USAID’s FIELD‐Support LWA, was managed by

The USAID-Foras project is helping Iraqi businesses make smarter hiring choices through the Foras Jobs Portal.

In today’s digitally-connected society, it is possible for companies, nongovernmental organizations and government agencies alike to use social media and website analytics to gain unprecedented insight on their clientele. The Iraq Opportunities Project (USAID-Foras) is using data gleaned from its own online presence to learn more about its beneficiaries and help them to better achieve their goals.

A key challenge identified by companies currently operating in Iraq is a lack of basic skills in the Iraqi workforce. The Iraq Opportunities Project (USAID-Foras) brought together members of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the USAID Mission to Iraq (USAID/Iraq), and training and Corporate-Social Responsibility (CSR) experts from Dana Gas, Crescent Petroleum, Skilliance, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Coca Cola, and Afren Energy at a roundtable in December 2013.

In two months, the Iraq Opportunities Project (USAID-Foras) has garnered 100,000 “Likes” on its Facebook page. By Liking the page, Facebook users are effectively subscribing to job announcements, training videos, and similar content that show up in their news feeds when USAID-Foras posts content. This achievement allows USAID-Foras to build on a direct channel to a crucial demographic—young, tech-literate Iraqis.

The time has come to move beyond the traditional frames of reference that have historically dominated the discourse on employment.

A review of USAID’s proposed technical approach for new programming in Iraq to enhance economic opportunities and create jobs for Iraqis with special emphasis on youth, women, and vulnerable populations.

This article develops a framework for analyzing the linkages between the economic upgrading of firms and the social upgrading of workers.

Sanabel publishes the results of the Islamic Finance Survey for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) in the Arab region.

This summary report documents some of the ways different countries in the MENA region have tried to mitigate the effects of the food crisis.

This brief discusses a cross-cutting initiative to strengthen consumer protection and financial literacy in Palestine.

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

This ESAF Brief explores the challenges and opportunities for E-banking in the West Bank and Gaza.

Assessment of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to expand access to financial services in Palestine.

Detailed review of collateral options and related management and legal enforcement issues in West Bank and Gaza.

Assessment of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to expand access to financial services in Palestine.

Overview of savings habits in West Bank and Gaza and recommendations to fuel private sector growth and job creation.

Census information related to State-Owned Retail Banks across the globe conducted in 2004.