Youth empowerment through social innovation and entrepreneurship has incredible potential to solve problems at a grassroots level if youth are given robust platforms to connect and act.
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Pay-for-results can drive effective, cost-efficient development programming. Najib Seguya shares lessons learned on this results-based financing mechanism.
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In Moldova, the “golden triangle” of collaboration among industry, government, and academia is transforming the technology sector. Here’s the recipe for success from the Moldova Competitiveness Project.
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In Moldova, agricultural producers are diversifying their markets, while brokering new relationships and harnessing innovative technologies. Cynthia Steen discusses challenges and successes in this venture.
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How can we use the resources of public-private partnerships to solve youth unemployment and position young people to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges – in agriculture, natural resources, tourism, and more?
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A project in Moldova is building a sustainable initiative to increase access to tech careers for youth.
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All too often, great innovations never get communicated beyond a project's reports. Chemonics' recent Market Systems and Youth Enterprise Development Innovation Contest is bringing interesting models to light.
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The Ugandan economy is largely reliant on agriculture, yet interest in farming among youth is low. Robert Anyang explores what it takes to motivate Uganda’s young people to work in the agriculture sector.
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From incorporating women effectively to choosing the right time to introduce mechanization, Harvey Schartup shares advice from the USAID MARKETS II project in Nigeria.
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Agriculture is a big part of the solution to youth unemployment around the world, but in many places it has an image problem: young people do not think of it as an attractive source of jobs.
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If more youth are able to access savings, loans, and other financial products, it will help them to invest in their own futures while also growing the Afghan economy.
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