Lifting communities out of poverty sustainably requires sophisticated, systems-aware approaches to livelihoods and economic empowerment — far beyond income-generating activities. This advanced program equips practitioners to design and lead livelihoods and economic empowerment programmes grounded in market systems, resilience, and inclusion.
Designed for an international audience, the course integrates current thinking on market systems development (MSD), graduation approaches, financial inclusion, the green economy, and women’s economic empowerment. Participants will gain the analytical and design capabilities needed to deliver lasting economic transformation at scale.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Critically apply the sustainable livelihoods framework
- Analyse livelihood systems and vulnerability
- Design market systems development programmes
- Apply the ‘push-pull’ graduation approach
- Strengthen value chains for the poor
- Advance financial inclusion and digital finance
- Design women’s economic empowerment programmes
- Build economic resilience to shocks
- Integrate climate and green livelihoods
- Facilitate enterprise and entrepreneurship
- Link communities to markets and finance
- Apply a systems and facilitation mindset
- Measure economic empowerment and well-being
- Ensure inclusion of marginalised groups
- Scale and sustain livelihood gains
- Apply emerging trends in economic empowerment
Course Outline
- Module 1: Advanced Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
- Module 2: Livelihood Systems & Vulnerability Analysis
- Module 3: Market Systems Development (MSD)
- Module 4: The Graduation Approach
- Module 5: Pro-Poor Value Chain Development
- Module 6: Financial Inclusion & Digital Finance
- Module 7: Women’s Economic Empowerment
- Module 8: Building Economic Resilience
- Module 9: Climate & Green Livelihoods
- Module 10: Enterprise & Entrepreneurship Facilitation
- Module 11: Linking Communities to Markets & Finance
- Module 12: The Systems & Facilitation Mindset
- Module 13: Measuring Empowerment & Well-Being
- Module 14: Inclusion of Marginalised Groups
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Economic Empowerment
Who Should Attend
This advanced course is designed for an international audience of livelihoods advisers, programme managers, and senior practitioners designing economic empowerment and market systems programmes. A development background is assumed.
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