Livelihoods & Economic Development
Building inclusive economies where growth reaches the margins.
Economic recovery and growth programs succeed when they meet people where they actually work — in MSMEs, informal markets, women-led enterprises, and youth livelihoods. EAST designs and evaluates livelihoods programs that are technically rigorous and field-realistic, with particular depth in women's economic empowerment, youth pathways, and inclusion in fragile contexts.
A methodology calibrated to context.
Every engagement adapts the sequence to the political, fiscal, and operational reality on the ground.
- Stage 01
Market & Livelihoods Diagnostic
Market systems analysis, gendered value-chain mapping, and household-level livelihoods assessments to ground program design in what people actually do.
- Stage 02
Inclusive Program Design
Designing eligibility, timing, location, and incentive structures around the constraints of the target population — not around delivery convenience.
- Stage 03
MSME & Finance
Enterprise development, business advisory, and access-to-finance pathways tailored to the segment — micro, women-led, youth-led, displacement-affected.
- Stage 04
Skills & Pathways
Workforce-readiness and TVET design linked to actual employer demand, with embedded job-placement and follow-up.
- Stage 05
Protection & Inclusion
Safeguarding, GBV-sensitive delivery, and inclusion of displaced and marginalized groups built into every component.
What we bring to the engagement.
- MSME development & advisory
- Access-to-finance design
- Education & skills (TVET) programs
- Women's economic empowerment
- Youth employment pathways
- Protection & social inclusion
- Market systems development
- Livelihood resilience programming
What clients walk away with.
- Livelihoods strategies
- Market systems analyses
- MSME / TVET program designs
- GBV-sensitive operating procedures
- Impact evaluations
- Beneficiary tracking systems
Measurable signals from past engagements.
- INGOs
- Bilateral Donors
- UN Agencies
- Private Foundations
Engagement portfolio expanding — contact us for references on this practice.