USAID Invest DRC Cocoa and Coffee Sector Guides

These reports, produced by USAID’s Investment Facilitation Activity in the DRC (USAID Invest, or the Activity), provide an overview of the cocoa and coffee sectors in the DRC. The reports highlight production trends, challenges, and opportunities.…

Resource - Technical Brief

USAID’S DRC Investment Facilitation Activity Capital Map Report 2021

This capital map report provides an overview of the landscape of investors in the DRC, a high-level analysis of key investment trends in the DRC and examines potential risks investors face and subsequent mitigation strategies.
Resource - Capital Map Report

Engaging the Private Sector to Achieve Health Outcomes

Private sector engagement is critical to achieving inclusive growth and ensuring sustainable health outcomes.
Resource - Fact Sheet

Invest in Emerging Economies to Protect Our Future

Chemonics' CEO and president Jamey Butcher penned an article for Fast Company about emerging and frontier economies and their role in the game-changing solutions needed to unlock creative problem-solving to tackle the global crises of our times.
Blog Post

Global Change Requires Local Leadership

Building sustainable development solutions with local communities’ experience and knowledge at their foundations.
Blog Post

Strengthening the Agricultural Lending in the Democratic Republic of Congo

This agricultural lending toolkit outlines a package of resources to support banks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other emerging economies to increase their comfort with and capacity to extend agricultural lending.
Resource - Toolkit

Securing our Future: Partnerships for Youth

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?
Blog Post

Brian King

Chief of Party, Lebanon Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity

Brian King is currently the chief of party for USAID’s Agriculture and Rural Empowerment Activity (ARE) in Lebanon. He is an senior international development professional with more than 18 years of experience leading economic growth programming…

Person - Specialist

Intermediary Business Models for Improved Market System Processes and Relationships

The goal of the technical brief series on the Feed the Future Uganda Commodity Production and Marketing (CPM) activity is to share learning, scalable approaches, and practical steps for the agriculture sector growth in Uganda.
Resource - Technical Brief

A Facilitation Approach to Youth Workforce Development and Entrepreneurship

The Feed the Future Uganda Youth Leadership for Agriculture Activity bridged the gap between youth and the private sector by using a facilitation approach.
Resource - Technical Brief