GFI is a leading innovator in the development of public policy interventions that support small producers
and create economic opportunity for the working poor. Leveraging the GFI Women's Trade and Finance Council and our
partnership with the Brookings Institution, we engage governments on strategic initiatives that incentivize
participation and create lasting links between our constituent worker groups and the governments that serve them. more »
Seventy percent of the world's poor are women. Women and adolescent girls provide over 60% of all subsistence agricultural labor worldwide and make up more than 50% of the informal sector
workforce. At GFI we believe that women represent the greatest potential for putting an end to the cycle of
poverty that undermines development around the globe. GFI programs work with women agricultural and textile
producers to remove the economic, technical and public policy barriers that prevent women from bringing their
goods to sustainable markets at a fair price. more »
Sustainable economic development with a genuine and large scale impact requires the engagement of a
well-trained and productive workforce. Organized labor and engaged workforce communities have always been a
cornerstone of civil society and leaders in social equity and human rights movements. By engaging unions and
other organized formal and informal worker groups, GFI seeks to expand the reach of our economic development
initiatives and broaden the impact of social services in the countries where we work. Whether in post-conflict
Guatemala, or in the challenging political environment of Nicaragua, GFI creates the common linkages that
bring Government, Private Sector and Workforce communities together to solve economic challenges and broadly
impact poverty reduction goals. more »
Access to stable, high-value markets for the working poor is one of the most important poverty alleviation
priorities in the developing world today. Building on our unique multi-stakeholder process, GFI is working
with private sector leaders to identify market opportunities and remove the obstacles that prevent quality
products from reaching markets and producers from earning a fair price. With partnerships built around
innovative market data technology, efficient storage and transportation processes and proven agricultural
input technologies, GFI offers an efficient and highly strategic model for eliminating market access barriers
for the working poor. more »
In the modern global economy the greatest challenge developing countries face is to create fair
opportunities for their people to access the benefits that globalization brings.
As nations struggle to define fairness, GFI has led the way to broaden inclusion in the free trade process by bringing
traditionally-excluded workforce stakeholders to the bargaining table. Engaging governments and large
private interest holders, GFI has successfully created opportunities for worker communities to represent
the interests of the working poor who have the most to gain and lose in a free trade environment. more »
GFI is a leading innovator in the development of public policy interventions that support small producers
and create economic opportunity for the working poor. Leveraging the GFI Women's Trade and Finance Council and our
partnership with the Brookings Institution, we engage governments on strategic initiatives that incentivize
participation and create lasting links between our constituent worker groups and the governments that serve them. more »
Seventy percent of the world's poor are women. Women and adolescent girls provide over 60% of all subsistence agricultural labor worldwide and make up more than 50% of the informal sector
workforce. At GFI we believe that women represent the greatest potential for putting an end to the cycle of
poverty that undermines development around the globe. GFI programs work with women agricultural and textile
producers to remove the economic, technical and public policy barriers that prevent women from bringing their
goods to sustainable markets at a fair price. more »
Sustainable economic development with a genuine and large scale impact requires the engagement of a
well-trained and productive workforce. Organized labor and engaged workforce communities have always been a
cornerstone of civil society and leaders in social equity and human rights movements. By engaging unions and
other organized formal and informal worker groups, GFI seeks to expand the reach of our economic development
initiatives and broaden the impact of social services in the countries where we work. Whether in post-conflict
Guatemala, or in the challenging political environment of Nicaragua, GFI creates the common linkages that
bring Government, Private Sector and Workforce communities together to solve economic challenges and broadly
impact poverty reduction goals. more »
Access to stable, high-value markets for the working poor is one of the most important poverty alleviation
priorities in the developing world today. Building on our unique multi-stakeholder process, GFI is working
with private sector leaders to identify market opportunities and remove the obstacles that prevent quality
products from reaching markets and producers from earning a fair price. With partnerships built around
innovative market data technology, efficient storage and transportation processes and proven agricultural
input technologies, GFI offers an efficient and highly strategic model for eliminating market access barriers
for the working poor. more »
In the modern global economy the greatest challenge developing countries face is to create fair
opportunities for their people to access the benefits that globalization brings.
As nations struggle to define fairness, GFI has led the way to broaden inclusion in the free trade process by bringing
traditionally-excluded workforce stakeholders to the bargaining table. Engaging governments and large
private interest holders, GFI has successfully created opportunities for worker communities to represent
the interests of the working poor who have the most to gain and lose in a free trade environment. more »
Cambodia: Growth in an Era of Free Trade
India: Grassroots Trading Network
Central America Labor Rights Project
Indonesia: Sustainable Forestry Program