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Three Models that Ensure Private Sector Engagement

Melissa Scudo Gasmi | Eileen Hoffman | Tracy Shanks
Public Private Partnerships and Investment Economic Growth and Trade Business Enabling Environment Agriculture and Food Security Innovation and Technology February 10, 2020
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If private sector engagement (PSE) is a journey — with some companies farther along than others — then what is the role of international development implementers to better enable and facilitate that engagement?
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How to Fail to Succeed

Michael Brown
Environment and Natural Resources Conservation Solutions Lab Process Improvement Quality Assurance Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning February 4, 2020
4 Minute Read
How can we improve development efforts in environmental and natural resources and other sectors by more intentionally sharing and learning from our failures? Michael Brown explores the importance of creating a culture of reflecting on failures to address urgent conservation needs.
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To Squash Superbugs, Look to Behavior Change

Oluwatimilehin Adeyemo
Health Health Supply Chains Health Systems Global Health Security Social and Behavior Change January 28, 2020
4 Minute Read
The misuse of antimicrobials is driving the rise of drug resistant pathogens. How can social and behavior change techniques compel individuals to use these life-saving drugs responsibly?
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Three Models that Ensure Private Sector Engagement

Melissa Scudo Gasmi | Eileen Hoffman | Tracy Shanks
February 10, 2020
< 1 Minute Read
Public Private Partnerships and Investment Economic Growth and Trade Business Enabling Environment Agriculture and Food Security Innovation and Technology
If private sector engagement (PSE) is a journey — with some companies farther along than others — then what is the role of international development implementers to better enable and facilitate that engagement?

2020 Vision: Three Development Trends of the New Decade

Estefania McPhaul | Julian Guelig
January 21, 2020
4 Minute Read
Economic Growth and Trade Innovation and Technology Public Private Partnerships and Investment
The development community needs $2.5 trillion in additional finance each year to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Estefania McPhaul and Julian Guelig explore three global development trends we’ll see in 2020 to meet this need and to navigate the changing development landscape.

Best of the Blog 2019


December 31, 2019
2 Minute Read
Public Private Partnerships and Investment Health Supply Chains Education and Youth Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Peace, Stability, and Transition Innovation and Technology Corporate Partnerships Democracy and Governance Economic Growth and Trade
This was a big year for private sector engagement, with nearly half of our most popular posts exploring its importance to the future of development. Check out those posts and other key insights, profiles, and technical approaches from Chemonics in 2019.

Building Bridges Between Financial Institutions and Rural Communities in Post-Conflict Regions

Asdrubal Negrete | Estefania McPhaul
November 26, 2019
2 Minute Read
Access to Finance Economic Growth and Trade Peace, Stability, and Transition Vulnerable Groups
How does the development community incentivize the financial sector to include rural, marginalized clients that it may consider too risky and too costly to reach?

News: Building Resilience Through Market Systems: Chemonics Presents at SEEP 2019


October 21, 2019
2 Minute Read
Economic Growth and Trade Agriculture and Food Security Market Dynamics Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Financial Services Gender Equality Climate Change Data Visibility
From October 21 to 23, Chemonics experts are participating in the SEEP Network Annual Conference, leading peer learning sessions on financial inclusion and resilience.

3 Questions with Roula Moussa on Private Sector Engagement in Lebanon

Roula Moussa | Christy Sisko
September 26, 2019
5 Minute Read
Economic Growth and Trade Public Private Partnerships and Investment Business Enabling Environment Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
After pitching and scaling a digital platform, Roula Moussa, CEO of Netways, shares insights on how the development community can better engage the private sector.

Maximizing the Power of Climate Data by Building Trust

Jeff Ratcliffe | Marie-Claire Tuzeneu
September 25, 2019
2 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security Climate Change Climate-Smart Agriculture Business Enabling Environment Economic Growth and Trade Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Improved Production Practices and Technologies Inclusive Agricultural Market Systems and Value Chains Environment and Natural Resources
As populations around the world are increasingly affected by climate change, we must build trust in climate data to foster greater resilience.

3 Questions with Najib Seguya on Pay-for-Results Financing


September 17, 2019
2 Minute Read
Economic Growth and Trade Access to Finance Business Enabling Environment Agriculture and Food Security Youth Workforce Development Empowering Youth Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Pay-for-results can drive effective, cost-efficient development programming. Najib Seguya shares lessons learned on this results-based financing mechanism.

To Respond to the Venezuelan Migration Crisis, Let’s Also Tap the Private Sector

Ariana Szepesi-Colmenares
September 5, 2019
4 Minute Read
Economic Growth and Trade Public Private Partnerships and Investment Human Rights Vulnerable Groups Financial Services Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Peace, Stability, and Transition
As Venezuelan migrants navigate challenges in host countries, the private sector must play an active role in maximizing their economic opportunities.