EcoVentures International is hosting a series of workshops to assist organizations engaged in or interested in youth livelihoods programming.
The SEEP Network's HIV & AIDS and Microenterprise Development (HAMED) Working Group is holding a weeklong online conference that addresses savings-led approaches in HIV & AIDS integrated programming. Discussion will be facilitated by HAMED members with the expert assistance of a panel of Savings-Led guest 'speakers' who will draft expert posts during the course of the weeklong conference. This conference is designed to be an open dialogue space for interested MED and public health professionals, a learning platform, and source of virtual peer review.
This report reviews the evidence on conditional cash transfers (CCTs)—safety net programs that have become popular in developing countries over the last decade. It concludes that CCTs generally have been successful in reducing poverty and encouraging parents to invest in the health and education of their children.
Save the Children and Fondation Zakoura Microcredit (FZMC) are implementing the “Linking Youth with Knowledge and Opportunities in Microfinance,” or LYKOM (which means “for you” in Arabic), project with seed funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and cofinanced with private funding from Save the Children and FZMC. The program includes financial and business literacy training; savings promotion; and access to credit for youth businesses.
Lessons learned include:
Key stakeholders from 50 countries came together in Washington, DC, September 15-16, 2008, for Making Cents International’s 2nd Global Youth Enterprise Conference. During two days of meetings, the new and growing international community working on youth enterprise, employment and livelihoods development shared their experiences on what holds potential, what is really working and how to measure success.
Held in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of State for Family and Population Affairs, this meeting marks the middle of the 2008-2010 Campaign to bring the Aflatoun Programme to 1 million children in 75 countries by the end of 2010. It will bring together Aflatoun's global network of civil society organizations, governments, banks, corporations, foundations and many other stakeholders. Current and interested Aflatoun partners will participate to learn how Aflatoun works on the ground and in their regions.
YouthInvest will build on the experience MEDA has gained in youth and microfinance since 2002.
YouthInvest will build on the experience MEDA has gained in youth and microfinance since 2002.
This white paper aims to augment the limited existing literature and research on child savings accounts (CSAs) by providing an overview of the current global landscape of CSAs in their various forms. By describing and briefly assessing some of the reasons why institutions offer CSAs and the range of features that can constitute their design, the authors aim to broaden understanding of these accounts in their various forms, illustrate some global trends in child savings accounts, and argue that CSAs warrant further attention and examination.
