About GFI

Program Focus

Program Focus

Informality	Market Access & Prosperity
Through raising awareness on how to create decent working conditions and engaging various stakeholders, including the government, private sector, and nonprofits, GFI’s projects build consensus around critical issues of informality and push for policy and regulatory changes.	GFI works with governments and buyers to create economic opportunities for small-holder producers through new markets or facilitate better access to existing markets, helping to increase the value of farmers’ crops, and diversify crop production to better meet market demands and fluctuations.
Promoting Informal Labor Rights developed strategies that encouraged informal workers to formalize in Nicaragua and Guatemala.	Guinea-Bissau Livelihood Initiative is increasing productivity, incomes, and market access for 2,000 women smallholder farmers.

Workforce & Enterprise Development	Responsible Competitiveness
GFI prepares individuals to enter the workforce or strengthen entrepreneurs’ ability to manage their small businesses by providing training to workers to be more competitive candidates in the marketplace as well as conducting financial and marketing training for small businesses.	GFI partners with governments, donors, and corporations to identify opportunities in the supply chain where social responsibilities can be best addressed, increasing their competitiveness among a more socially conscious society.
The Retail Opportunity Training Initiative is preparing 36,000 Indian youth to enter the workforce through retail and on-the-job training.	Through a multi-stakeholder engagement process, GFI helped the Gov’t of Cambodia create the foundation for the ILO’s Better Factories Program.

Program Focus

Informality

Through raising awareness on how to create decent working conditions and engaging various stakeholders, including the government, private sector, and nonprofits, GFI’s projects build consensus around critical issues of informality and push for policy and regulatory changes.

Promoting Informal Labor Rights developed strategies that encouraged informal workers to formalize in Nicaragua and Guatemala.

Market Access & Prosperity

GFI works with governments and buyers to create economic opportunities for small-holder producers through new markets or facilitate better access to existing markets, helping to increase the value of farmers’ crops, and diversify crop production to better meet market demands and fluctuations.

Guinea-Bissau Livelihood Initiative is increasing productivity, incomes, and market access for 2,000 women smallholder farmers.

Workforce & Enterprise Development

GFI prepares individuals to enter the workforce or strengthen entrepreneurs’ ability to manage their small businesses by providing training to workers to be more competitive candidates in the marketplace as well as conducting financial and marketing training for small businesses.

The Retail Opportunity Training Initiative is preparing 36,000 Indian youth to enter the workforce through retail and on-the-job training.

Responsible Competitiveness

GFI partners with governments, donors, and corporations to identify opportunities in the supply chain where social responsibilities can be best addressed, increasing their competitiveness among a more socially conscious society.

Through a multi-stakeholder engagement process, GFI helped the Gov’t of Cambodia create the foundation for the ILO’s Better Factories Program.