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.
Markets and Trade
May 19, 2020
To slow the unfolding damage of COVID-19 on the tourism industry, public and private-sector representatives came together (virtually, of course) to chart a new path ahead.
In this webinar, panelists will discuss COVID-19’s impact on the East African dairy industry, share critical actions that must be taken to ensure food security and sustain livelihoods, and introduce the new Dairy Nourishes Africa initiative.
May 12, 2020
Request for Applications: PRO-WASH wants to address ways to ensure the long-term sustainability of key sanitation and hygiene products and services. Submissions are due by May 20th.
This webinar introduces USAID/Food for Peace's Cash & Food Distribution learning stream, aimed at enabling implementing partners to share lessons learned and promising practices for adapting food assistance in response to COVID-19.
Apr 30, 2020
This blog post introduces the USAID/Honduras Transforming Market Systems Activity and shares lessons learned from the activity's COVID-19 Business Resilience Analysis report.
Apr 29, 2020
This blog post introduces the USAID-funded CVCFG (Commercially Viable Conflict-Free Gold) project, which aims to establish a responsibly-sourced, artisanal gold supply chain that originates in eastern DRC.
Apr 28, 2020
This guidance details illustrative programming for USAID Missions to consider and adapt to country and community context to support safe and functioning food markets, while maximizing safety precautions to limit coronavirus transmission.
This webinar will highlight some of the key issues around domestic support and discuss possible scenarios of further development with a focus on the potential impacts.
MERS champions and development and humanitarian practitioners will discuss the recent MERS guidance and show how the standards are even more interconnected now than ever envisioned.
Apr 17, 2020
In this article, the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security project raises the potential impacts of COVID-19 on food systems in developing countries and the need for rapid examination as the crisis unfolds to inform evidence-based decision-making.