Enabling Environment

Market actors respond to the opportunities and constraints shaped by rules and norms at the global, national, or local levels. This topic includes: policy and regulatory reform, institutional capacity, and informal rules and norms.

Enabling Environment

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November 7, 2023

This report captures midline (ML) survey data collected from February to March 2023 for the impact evaluation (IE) of the Maharo resilience food security activity (RFSA) implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in the southern region of Madagascar. This activity attempts to address and mitigate acute levels of food insecurity experienced by communities in this region of Madagascar.

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March 28, 2024

Accessible finance is vital for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Yet, oftentimes, they struggle to access financing from traditional sources because they lack the knowledge to produce comprehensive financial documentation required by banks. Meanwhile, financial institutions may perceive small businesses as higher risk clients due to their size, limited track record, and insufficient collateral. In many countries, like Rwanda, financial institutions have limited knowledge in the livestock value chain financing opportunities compared to crops value chain.

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Thoughtful monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes allow for programmatic shifts to increase effectiveness and improve results.

Approaches to economic growth should start with analysis, consider public and private contributions, and leverage possibilities across all sectors.

Inclusive economic growth creates opportunities for all people to engage through their labor and assets to meet market demand.

Market participation requires a range of financial solutions and investments to meet the needs of individuals, households, and firms as well as to meet national and sub-national financing requirements...

Market facilitation catalyzes market actors to create durable change for more competitive, inclusive, and resilient market systems.

The ability of individual firms to enter, compete, grow, and engage in value chains locally or internationally is what drives market development and economic growth.

Working with and through markets can help speed recovery and limit economic impact during and after disasters.

Working with the private sector enables donor agencies and nongovernmental organizations to achieve greater scale, effectiveness, and sustainable outcomes.

Sustainable poverty escapes require enabling vulnerable people to manage and mitigate risks while ensuring shocks and stresses don’t undermine development gains.

Women’s economic empowerment exists when women can equitably participate in, contribute to, and benefit from economic opportunities as workers, consumers, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Young people need opportunities for education, jobs, and income. Strategies that empower and engage youth economically contribute to growth and poverty reduction.