These guidelines illustrate how microfinance can effectively support the elimination and prevention of child labour under certain circumstances, and they describe when the local context is not appropriate for microfinance. They provide guidance to organizations involved in eliminating child labour about how to utilize this tool so that households continue to have access to financial services after a donor-sponsored project has ended.

Project HOPE’s orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) program, implemented in Mozambique and Namibia, uses a low literacy “Parenting Map” comprised of measurable child-specific indicators across all domains of critical needs for OVC. This map is designed to be used at the household level by project staff and volunteers as a road map for showing a quick but comprehensive snapshot of each child’s well-being, which identifies service needs and provides immediate feedback to caregivers.

This report is a presentation of general principles that can be useful to enterprise development organizations (EDOs) who are trying to take on a more market development (sustainable) approach to enterprise development. The principles can be applied to economic development projects that target small, medium or large enterprises. The principles include:

This field manual by the Women’s Refugee Commission has been developed to provide practitioners with usable information and helpful tools so that they can design and implement more effective livelihood programs — programs that are based on market demand and are contextually appropriate; programs that build on the existing skills and experience within the target population; and programs that enhance the dignity and options for the displaced.

This guide provides brief descriptions of the ever-increasing number of data and information resources available to those who work in the child and youth indicators field. It is a resource useful to the novice and the veteran, to those who work in governance, advocacy, research, and the media.

This manual is designed to help educators engage young women in discussions about how rigid ideas of what it means to be women and men affect women's life choices, health and sexuality. The manual and accompanying video, Once upon a Girl, are part of Program M, an international initiative to promote young women’s empowerment and health.

This section of the USAID microLINKS website provides an overview of the USAID Value Chain framework and related resources. The framework is useful in assessing markets to identify a) potential market opportunities for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), b) constraints to market growth and the inclusion of MSMEs and c) priority points of intervention in order to overcome those constraints.

This training manual details how to set up and run a Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) programme. The programmes are designed to empower orphans and other vulnerable children aged 12 to 18 years who live in communities where HIV/AIDS has had a strong impact on food security. This Getting Started manual comprises two parts. The first part provides background information on the JFFLS approach, its origins and guiding principles. The second part describes how to initiate and manage a JFFLS.

This guide aims to provide practitioners with a broad framework for carrying out project level Participatory Impact Assessments (PIA) of livelihoods interventions in the humanitarian sector. Other than in some health, nutrition, and water interventions, for many interventions there are no 'gold standards' for measuring project impact. This guide aims to bridge this gap by outlining a tried and tested approach to measuring the impact of livelihoods projects. The tools in the guide have been field tested over the past two years in a major research effort.

Mobilising Children & Youth into Their Own Child- & Youth-led Organisations examines how child-led associations can develop social awareness and organisational skills of children. The book empowers children by giving them a voice in their own affairs and can be especially powerful in advocacy efforts. In contrast to individual and even group-based counseling based approaches, this approach has the potential to reach significant numbers of children and youth.