Development For Today’s Markets: Aligning Practices With Economic Transformation
We are at an important juncture in international economic development. Globalization has led to an era of unprecedented interconnectivity of …
Supporting Rural Farmers as a Student Volunteer in Bangladesh
Near the end my second year as a dual master’s degree candidate at Tufts University, I noticed an opportunity to …
Engaging Women Makes Business Sense: Stories from Southern Bangladesh
Bangladeshi women face disadvantages in many aspects of their lives, including economic opportunities that could generate more income and food …
ACDI/VOCA Turns 55 on July 12, 2018
Since 1963, ACDI/VOCA has expanded economic opportunities by tackling intractable development problems. The Humphrey Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act …
ACDI/VOCA to Target Enterprise Growth in Kyrgyz Republic under USAID’s Enterprise Competitiveness Project
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded ACDI/VOCA the Enterprise Competitiveness Project (ECP) in the Kyrgyz Republic. …
Cooperatives Mobilize Local Resources in Liberia
This article originally appeared on Marketlinks.org. In 2010, Sebehill Cocoa Farmers Association (SEKUFA), a purchasing cooperative, was in the business …
Egyptian Onion Farmer Triples Earnings with AMAL Project Support
After graduating from an agricultural technical school in Egypt, Sedki spent 10 years struggling with his small, reclaimed, mountain-side plot …
Trail Mix Is Having a Moment Thanks to Kyrgyz Youth-owned Business
The market research was clear. So far, no one in Kyrgyzstan was packaging dried fruit and nuts as trail mix, …
Sunflower Oil Now Grown and Made in Bangladesh
Farmers living in coastal Bangladesh have always found it difficult to grow oil seed crops because of the soil’s high …
USAID Honduras Awards ACDI/VOCA Transforming Market Systems Activity
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded ACDI/VOCA a highly competed contract to implement the USAID/Honduras Transforming Market …
Date Reference Automation Part 1: Multiple Reporting Periods
Let’s say you are starting a new five-year project on July 1, but your client is going to expect performance …
Introducing the Monitoring and Evaluation Bullet Chart
This edition of Data Digest is for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) people out there, or monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), …
