System change for youth-led entrepreneurship

With its network of local and global partners, Development Alternatives creates economic opportunities through micro enterprise development for youth and women in underserved regions of India. It aims to create a culture of entrepreneurship through the interconnected objectives of: Reducing socio-economic, intergenerational and gender barriers faced by aspiring entrepreneurs Nurturing constructive communities that facilitate desirable norms that ensure quality jobs and social well-being for its members Building networks of collaboration between workers in the informal sector, solution providers and policy makers to build a robust support system for entrepreneurship Mainstreaming enabling mechanisms for entrepreneurship-led job creation

• Development Alternatives
• Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
• Janasthu
• la Caixa Foundation
• Medha
• Systems play, Bertha Centre for Social innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Cape Town
• The Bytes Project
• Transforming Rural India Foundation