Inclusive Lending Product Development
Challenge In the Eastern and Southern Caribbean women have not historically been the target users of financial products and business support services. There is a…
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Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and Caribbean Learning and Rapid Response (LACLEARN)
Challenge Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is currently seeing the largest share of declines in democracy-focused Sustainable Development Goals. Throughout LAC, democratic backsliding has…
Caribbean Financial Landscape Assessment of Clean Energy Investments
Challenge The Caribbean is highly dependent on imported oil, despite great potential to generate energy via renewable and clean sources, such as solar, wind, hydropower,…
Youth Resilience to Crime and Violence in the Caribbean
Challenge The Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) region is experiencing evolving conflict dynamics, with notable changes in the past 2 years, ranging from community and…
Positive Pathways Activity
Challenge Jamaica’s persistent problem of violent crime has resulted in its regular inclusion in top ten lists of countries with the highest murder rates in…
Youth Entrepreneurship Program
Challenge Youth in Guyana face multiple barriers that stand in the way of attaining economic opportunities. The lack of soft-skills development opportunities, formal education opportunities,…
Mid-term Evaluation of the At-Risk Youth Initiative “Alerta Joven”
Challenge The Dominican Republic suffers from high rates of poverty and unemployment, which are especially prevalent among the country’s youth population. Youth unemployment rates are…
Feed the Future: Northern Corridor AVANSE
Challenge Agriculture enterprises in Haiti have outdated business management practices that contribute to weak value chain linkages and impede agricultural growth. Women-owned businesses, in particular,…
Improving Access to Microfinance in Haiti for Currently Excluded Groups Affected by the Earthquake
Challenge Young people in Haiti, especially low-income youth, lack access to quality financial services. Local microfinance institutions do not have sufficient capacity to design…
Pilot Financial Literacy Project for Adolescent Girls
Project Overview Making Cents International developed a Financial Literacy curriculum for vulnerable adolescent girls in Leogane and Jacmel that focused on fundamental financial literacy, including cash…