In emerging economies, more than 70% of workers and youth are engaged in informal work or are not employed, earning less than $2.15 per day, limiting their access to skilled job opportunities. Economic inclusion programs, providing skills training, business capital, coaching, and cash transfers, aim to create jobs and build pathways out of poverty, especially for the poor, women, and youth. This layered approach builds a ladder out of poverty.
With the Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) and its partners, such as Development Impact Group, BRAC International, and Innovations for Poverty Action, the Jobs for the Poor Program aims to scale-up economic inclusion programs through peer-to-peer learning and evidence-based adaptation.
Participants in this program will:
- Exchange knowledge and best practices in combining the essential elements of economic inclusion programs for effective delivery and scale up of country solutions
- Learn how to design innovative and adapted country programs and policies supporting youth and women employment, food security and climate resilience.
- Participate in country-specific study tours to learn from existing programs and share implementation insights and challenges.
