This site is the technical resource center for CARE's wide range of Economic Development programming. It has been built to support CARE staff as well as other practitioners, donors and researchers by consolidating information on CARE's programming across three core areas:

Using the menu to the left, visitors can find: Program Highlights; Announcements; CARE Documents; Project Profiles; and Contact Information for CARE Practitioners. If you have any difficulty navigating the site or finding what you need, you can contact the EDU at cpennotti@care.org.

EDU Spotlight

Push and Pull: Lessons from PSNP Plus on Reaching the Most Vulnerable

The pilot project PSNP Plus: Linking Poor Rural Households to Microfinance and Markets built on the Government of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) and aimed to improve and enhance targeted PSNP households' resilency and livelihood assets as a means towards achieving graduation from chronic food insecurity. The project linked the PSNP beneficiaries with microfinance services and functional markets, while developing their productive, organizational, and business capabilities. The recently closed program has heavily influenced CARE's thinking about effective integrated food security programming.

Access All PSNP Plus Resources

Key Resources:

PSNP Plus Final Evaluation - Full Report

PSNP Plus Final Evaluation - Executive Summary

PSNP Plus Longitudinal Impact Study - Final Report

PSNP Plus Lessons on Intervention Sequencing

PSNP Plus Case Study: Savings Groups on the Pathway to Graduation