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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Challenge Agriculture enterprises in Haiti have outdated business management practices that contribute to weak value chain linkages and impede agricultural growth.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,…
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…
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…
Project Overview Making Cents International supported the needs of more than 3,000 indigenous girls and young women participating in the “The Power of Girl Networks:…
