Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference
Economic Strengthening for Vulnerable Children: Principles of Program Design and Technical Recommendations for Effective Field Interventions
This FIELD Brief is the third in a series produced by the Financial Integration, Economic Leveraging and Broad-Based Dissemination (FIELD) Support Program. Managed by AED, FIELD represents a consoritium of leading microenterprise development and microfinance organizations committed to advancing practice through innovation, learning and exploration. FIELD Briefs support this goal by sharing our experience and inciting dialogue on key issues.
Abstract
The multi-faceted nature of child vulnerability – whether due to epidemics such as HIV/AIDS, conflict, natural disasters, extreme poverty, or a host of other contextual factors – is reflected in the wide spectrum of professional disciplines that have mobilized to address it. Among these, economic strengthening is gaining in importance and prominence as few experts in this area doubt that poverty is a major contributor to the challenges they face.
This brief and the corresponding publication, FIELD Report No 2: Economic Strengthening for Vulnerable Children: Principles of Program Design and Technical Recommendations for Effective Field Interventions aim to begin to fill this gap. Each illustrates best practices in economic strengthening for vulnerable children (ES-VC) in a format that can be readily adopted and adapted by donors and practitioners for incorporation in their work.
Keywords
Youth, young people, children, savings, credit, financial product development, non-financial products
