LIVELIHOOD & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Micro and small enterprises, including home-based businesses, are a primary driver of income, employment and growth in many developing countries and chronically vulnerable communities.
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IMR EFFORTS
IMR Livelihood and Entrepreneurship objectives are:
1. Building Entrepreneurial Skills
- Selected beneficiaries from refugee- and chronically-vulnerable communities participate in business process training sessions such as management, marketing, and finance.
2. Connecting to New Markets
- Business trainings provide networking opportunities among local entrepreneurs as well as potential clients.
- E-commerce and digital platform training provide access to global markets and otherwise-inaccessible customer base.
3. Gender-sensitive Economic Empowerment
- Vocational, transferrable-skill, and business training leverage women’s short- and long-term labor market outcomes, including prospects for self-employment, and sales or profits.
- Educated mothers produce educated children. This, in turn, contributes to more equitable and stable societies that give all individuals – including boys and men – the opportunity to fulfill their potential.