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gareth e-davies

Tags: market-systems-development, refugees

4 days ago | 4 min read

The “Theory” of Grant Making for Private Sector Actors

This is the first in a series of three articles that look at the intersection of market systems development and humanitarian relief and how grants are used to catalyze change and innovation among private sector actors. This article considers the theory of grant-making.

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kjeld nielsen

14 days ago | 7 min read

Raising Public Awareness to Tackle Environmental Crimes in the Peruvian Amazon

Studies carried out by the USAID Prevent project in 2020 revealed that one of the most dangerous threats to the Peruvian Amazon was the lack of awareness of its problems. Most Peruvians didn't see illegal logging, mining, and wildlife trafficking as priorities or even crimes.

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nandi hall, anne brady

17 days ago | 5 min read

How to Get Humanitarian and Development Actors to Work Together for Refugees

Earlier this month, following the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development seminar in Nairobi, DAI and the International Labour Organization (ILO) hosted an event to share perspectives on the potential for applying market systems work in protracted refugee settings.

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Finding Technological Solutions for Forest Management

Peruvian stakeholders recognized that the journey toward a better organized and more sustainable forestry sector requires broad inter-institutional collaboration, effective technological tools, and large-scale capacity-building efforts.

kjeld nielsen

5 min read

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Integrating Market Systems Development and the Graduation Approach in Uganda

At the heart of the SMILES project is its integration of the graduation approach and MSD. The graduation approach focuses on structured interventions that provide ultra-poor households with the support they need to escape poverty.

katie vaughan

7 min read

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Prevent: Advancing Environmental Justice in the Peruvian Amazon

USAID Prevent set out to combat environmental crimes, including illegal logging, mining, and wildlife trafficking, and conserve the Peruvian Amazon.

kjeld nielsen

5 min read

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Bolstering the Resilience of Internally Displaced Ukrainians

Keeping Ukraine's economy moving and assisting its authorities in hosting displaced people in their own country will reduce the strain on neighboring nations, preventing mass outward migration that could overwhelm nearby countries' resources.

hannah fairweather

6 min read

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Lessons Learned as Local Partners Take the Lead in Mexico

To ensure the enduring utility of its methodologies and tools, the USAID ConJusticia project in Mexico is transferring them—with appropriate education and training—to counterpart institutions, the private sector, civil society grantees, and other local partners.  

lorie stokes

8 min read

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Q&A: Establishing Domestic Carbon Markets in Vietnam

Christy Owen talks with Abraham Guillen and Nga Dang from USAID’s Sustainable Forest Management project in Vietnam about their work supporting the development of a regulatory framework for the forestry sector to participate in a carbon compliance market due to open in 2028.

christy owen

9 min read

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