Key Takeaways from ACDI/VOCA’s Pivot to a Market Systems Approach
At ACDI/VOCA, our mission is to empower people to succeed in the global economy. To achieve our mission on the …
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 …
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 …
Market System Interventions and Resilience Assessment in Uganda
Resiliency through Wealth, Agriculture, and Nutrition (RWANU) is a five-year Development Food Assistance Program funded by USAID’s Office of Food …
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 …
Giving Women Goats: Why Gender Matters
When I was nine years old, my uncle gave me a calf. At least, I thought he did. It happened …
Sowing the Seeds of Resilience through Market Systems Development
Growing up on a small homestead farm left me with the desire to grow some of my own food because …
USAID Kyrgyz Project Leverages Private Investment to Export Dried Fruit
The next time you buy dried fruit in the United States, you may be buying apricots or plums grown by …
Balancing the Systems: Making Food and Market Systems Work for Nutrition
If you work in international development, you have probably heard a lot about food systems lately. The buzz about food …
Challenging Our Assumptions on How Best to Engage Youth
In 2016, I visited northern Uganda to assess the impact on youth of the Resiliency through Wealth, Agriculture, and Nutrition …
Livestock Activity Gender Impact Assessment in Uganda
The Resiliency through Wealth, Agriculture, and Nutrition in Karamoja (RWANU) project is a five-year, $50 million USAID Food for Peace …
