Policy Frameworks for Inclusive Growth: Leveraging Private Sector and NGO Partnerships to foster Sustainable Livelihoods for Women in Last-Mile Communities in East Africa and the Sahel

As BOMA works to expand its poverty graduation programs through government partnerships and systems change, it recognizes that long-term sustainability and scale require deeper private sector engagement. However, in last-mile communities, often remote, pastoralist, or climate-vulnerable markets are thin, and private actors face significant barriers to entry. This project seeks to examine how policy frameworks can enable inclusive private sector engagement—and how NGOs like BOMA can support and complement these frameworks—to ensure that economic inclusion reaches the poorest at scale.