The employment and income (e+i) network seeks to enhance the effectiveness of SDC’s contribution to the Millennium Development Goals through measures that create employment and income for the poor. The network provides a knowledge exchange platform for learning and support for all development professionals with links to the work of SDC in the area of employment and income.
The e+i network follows SDC’s overall strategic orientation for employment and income: (i) a systemic approach; (ii) pursue economic as well as social and ecological sustainability; (iii) work in multistakeholder set-ups: private sector as engine, state as regulator, facilitator, and civil society as advocate; (iv) focus on rural areas and link with urban dynamics.
Priority Areas and Thematic Scope
| Private Sector Development (PSD) | - Business Environment (local perspectives)
- Local Economic Development
- Value Chains Development
- social aspects of work according to Decent Work agenda
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| Financial Sector Development (FSD) | - Rural finance / microfinance / SME finance (including savings)
- Insurance (micro, agriculture)
- Outreach (“depth”; “breadth”)
- Aid effectiveness (harmonisation)
- Social performance standards
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| Vocational Skills Development (VSD) | - Informal education
- Partnerships with private sector and link to labour market
- National qualification frames
- Links to basic education
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| Public-Private Development Partnerships (PPDP) | - As mode of collaboration
- Focus on demand from operations
- Dialogue platforms (multistakeholder private sector – government – civil society)
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