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ACDI/VOCA Launches Central Asia Impact Fund for Small and Growing Businesses

Central Asia’s economic growth is accelerating. But many of its small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) struggle to access finance. Big …

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Tools and Tactics to Help Global Development Organizations Adapt During COVID-19

The situation around the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is rapidly evolving within almost every nation in the world. As its spread …

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Finding Resilience: How ACDI/VOCA Helps Communities Adapt to Shocks

When climate disasters, conflicts, and other crises occur, a community’s capacity to withstand the shocks and adapt to them is …

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Balancing Act: Protecting Forests & Improving Livelihoods in Liberia

The world’s forests are a key factor in sustainable development. They provide food, water, and medicine. They help stabilize the …

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Program Improves Health & Sanitation While Promoting Unity in Colombian Border Settlements

Jesús Uzcátegui is a 25-year-old migrant from Venezuela who came to Colombia in 2015 with his wife and two-year-old son. …

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Program of Alliances for Reconciliation Helps Unify Post-Conflict Colombia Through Tourism

Tourism is a growing industry in Colombia, where the end of a decades-long armed conflict is opening up places previously …

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COVID-19 Response: We Are Resilient

The health and safety of ACDI/VOCA staff, volunteers, partners and beneficiaries around the world is our top priority.  ACDI/VOCA leadership …

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Mural in Colombian Housing Project Drives Tourism

Along Colombia’s Caribbean coast, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is the highest coastal mountain range in the world and …

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Video Celebrates Empowered Women Coffee Producers in the Philippines

Our USDA-funded Philippine Coffee Advancement and Farm Enterprise (PhilCAFE) Activity produced a video celebrating the women of BACOFA. The women …

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Marketlinks Publishes Staff-Authored Blog on Asset-Based Finance

Marketlinks recently published a blog on asset-based finance written by ACDI/VOCA staff members Paul Newall, Associate Director of Partnerships and …

Tanzania NAFAKA – Corteva Collaboration Video Released

We’re pleased to announce the release of “Farming for the Future.” It will air on the BBC as part of …

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Could Asset-Based Finance Be a New Solution for Financing SMEs?

Published by Marketlinks, March 10, 2020