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Northern Kenya has long faced a scarcity of clean drinking water, posing significant challenges to community health and economic development. Underdeveloped infrastructure and services, like reliable and safe pipe-borne water, have intensified the region's isolation and further hindered its economic potential. In response to these issues, Feed the Future Kenya USAID Kuza (ACDI/VOCA) established the Impact for Northern Kenya Fund ("the Fund"), a $38 million impact investing vehicle designed to provide catalytic capital to financial institutions and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the potential to drive economic and social growth. Read more about this important program in #NorthernKenya here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/bZCV50Uvczz #Kenya #CleanWater #CleanWaterInitiatives #CleanDrinkingWater

Did you know that the Marketlinks site has its own content library? Blog posts, resources, new documents, and more are all organized by topic on the #Marketlinks site. Explore relevant topics to you, here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eRgS9xTJ

🎉 Tomorrow! 🎉 Join a panel from DevTech Systems, Inc. and USAID tomorrow, January 15, 2025, at 10:00am ET. This webinar will discuss an assessment of a pilot payment for environmental services project in the #DominicanRepublic. Learn about the pilot program's public financial management practices, efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and #financial #sustainability. Register to Attend Here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g_iUuY7G

We have perpetuated the fundamental role of political actors with political economic analysis (PEA). But what if we look again at the fundamentals of democracy and look at the role and remit of markets in how we go forward in linking together. Now, following on from the post Covid-19 pandemic leading into cost-of-living crises caused by various supply chain challenges, the intersections between democracy, markets, and governance are being reconsidered. Read more about these reconsiderations, and what changes we might anticipate in #2025: https://ow.ly/9HYz50UvbXJ #Democracy #PoliticalAnalysis #EconomicAnalysis

Running a business as a couple can be incredibly rewarding, allowing partners to combine their strengths, shared vision, and passion for success. However, navigating the complexities of entrepreneurship together can pose unique challenges, with conflicts arising from differences in management styles, communication preferences, roles and responsibilities, and work-life balance. Furthermore, traditional gender roles often limit women's full participation in decision-making and income generating activities. Case in point: James and Patricia are a couple who own a pork butchery in Rwanda’s Gakenke district. In the past, James made most business decisions without consulting his wife, which led to frequent disagreements due to lack of transparency of business earnings. To address challenges for couples like James and Patricia, Feed the Future's #Rwanda Orora Wihaze Activity teamed up with Rwanda Men's Resource Centre (RWAMREC) to provide specialized six-month training programs to couples in animal-sourced food businesses. Read more about their new six month training program here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/pFo950Uvbhc. #GenderEquality #Entrepreneurship #InternationalDevelopment #MarketSystemsDevelopment

"Tips for Development Practitioners Pursuing International Leadership Roles," is a new installment from The Canopy Lab in their Inclusion and Leadership Series. This brief, "Making it to the Top," spotlights three evidence-based strategies for emerging leaders and organizations with the power to support them. Check out the full brief here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/Qmf350UuJuf #Inclusion #Leadership #EmergingLeaders

📍 Event Reminder! 📍 Join a panel from DevTech Systems, Inc. and USAID on January 15, 2025, at 10:00am ET. This webinar will focus on an assessment of a pilot payment for environmental services project in the #DominicanRepublic. A pilot project for payments for environmental services (PES) began in 2011 in the Yaque del Norte River Basin, the largest watershed in the DR. The USAID-funded Fiscal Accountability and Sustainable Trade (FAST) Activity assessed the pilot’s public financial management practices, efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and #financial #sustainability and provided a recommendation for a future national PES program. Register to Attend Here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g_iUuY7G

The empowerment of women has been recognized through many international, regional, and national conferences as a basic human right. It is also imperative for national development, population stabilization, and global well-being. #Reproductivehealth and rights are essential for the empowerment of women and to all quality of life issues concerning social, economic, political, and cultural participation by #women. Read more about #womensempowerment in this blog post, "Determinants of Women Empowerment at Domestic and Non-domestic Issues (Logistic Regression Analysis)." Check it out here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g3M-ib3i

🥁 Drumroll please... It's finally time to announce our number one spot on Marketlinks #wrapped! 🥁 And it might surprise you... The number one most viewed contribution to the #Marketlinks site wasn't a blog... it was this resource: "What is a Causal Loop Diagram and What is it Good For?" Not only is it a resource, but it's a resource that was first published in 2019! So... what is a Causal Loop Diagram, and what IS it good for? Click below to find out, and see why this has been a most viewed resource for the past five years ⬇️ https://ow.ly/L9lI50UuGsY #MarketSystemsDevelopment #Economics #Resources

It's officially 2025! As we all set our resolutions for the year, there's one that we'd love to help with... Become a published author this year on #Marketlinks! We'd love to hear about your top projects, new resources, case studies, or thoughts on #MarketSystemsDevelopment trends. Email us at the address below to get the ball rolling on one resolution ⬇️ info@internationaldevelopmentgroup.com