Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Promotion

This toolkit provides methodological guidance on assessing the current state of entrepreneurial ecosystems and offers a set of resources and tools that can be used by development practitioners.

This toolkit provides practices and suggestions for creating or improving quality youth entrepreneurship programming. The guide covers topics from program design, curriculum essentials, youth selection, financing of youth enterprises, and follow-up support services such as mentoring, as well as a section dedicated to entrepreneurship in the African context.

This report compiles a series of case studies that each illustrates how the finance gap can be closed for young and other underserved entrepreneurs through providing non-financial support, such as training and mentoring.

This brief describes how youth organizations can effectively create holistic programming around rural youth entrepreneurship, based on IYF’s experiences in youth agribusiness in Senegal.

The toolkit provides an analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurship, and guidance on appropriate interventions in a context in the form of a summary output sheet for 18 context scenarios. The guide will point to those interventions which are likely to have the biggest impact in that context.  

This brief covers the scale as well as the drivers for and barriers to youth entrepreneurship and self-employment. It also presents policy lessons from evidence on entrepreneurship activities and policy experience.

The toolkit is a resource for organizations seeking to start or strengthen entrepreneurship programs for young, at-risk women. It outlines the essential components of successful entrepreneurship programs, discusses common challenges and considerations, and provides other useful tips and resources.