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The Value Chain Approach to Poverty Reduction and Development of Livelihoods
In order to generate improvements in the supply or quality of any product, one needs to consider all aspects of the range of steps in the chain of events from production to consumption, including both opportunities and constraints, and the demand and supply of necessary products and services. Research Into Use is one place where one can find everything on Value Chain.
Trading Up: How a value chain approach can help the rural poor
In recent years, Latin America has moved rapidly towards liberalising trade, both in the region and internationally. This has stimulated active debate on the merits of a more open trading regime. Getting lost in this polarised debate is an understanding of the impact of changes in the trade regime on marginalised groups, particularly the rural poor. This report examines how value chain analysis can, in a practical way, help the rural poor participate gainfully in local, regional and global trade
Market Infrastructure Project in Charland Regions (MIDPCR), Bangladesh
Charland is land located in an active river basin that is subject to erosion and accretion. The project includes areas characterized by severe annual flooding and extensive river erosion in the coastal and estuarine chars of Bangladesh . They are home to some of the country's poorest people. The project targets people who produce primarily for the market, including farmers growing crops or raising livestock on small landholdings, fishers and fish farmers and people who engage in non-farm enterprises such as food processing, basket-making and cloth-making. The project also targets small-scale traders, particularly women.
Value Chain Training in Bali
Value Chain Development (VCD) is a participatory process that leads to comprehensive and coordinated interventions for pro-poor economic growth for all value chain actors, including resource-poor producers. The training course will help the participants understand the value chain concept, which entails Value Chain Selection Criteria, their constraints and opportunities, Mapping the Chain, Business Development Services and planning Value Chain Development activities. The course will enhance your analytical skills to identify constraints, opportunities and leverage points to develop value chains. You will learn how to design and steer program interventions that promote equitable growth. Contact: MDF Pacific-Indonesia, Mr Bart van Halteren: mdfpi@mdf.nl
Inclusive Value Chains in India by Malcolm Harper
The inclusion (or exclusion) of the poor, particularly small farmers and artisans, from modern value chains such as supermarkets and export markets is a highly topical subject. This book will address the issues in a positive way by showing that the poor can be and are being included, not as an “act of charity” or “corporate social responsibility”, but because their inclusion is profitable for all parties, including the producers themselves. The aim of the book is to show by example that “modern” integrated value chains need not necessarily exclude the smallest producers. Following a brief introduction to the problem, 14 case studies are presented to illustrate how it is being solved in practice. The book also discusses the impact of organized retailing on small-scale traders, and finally analyses the case studies and draws conclusions from them. For your copy, contact: info@booksfordevelopment.org or visit www.booksfordevelopment.org
The Making Markers Work for the Poor (M4P) Approach
A crisp slide show which says it all about making markets work for the poor. The slide show illustrates what it is and why it is important. May interest though who need key words and clues to keep moving.
APR Final Report: Report of Activities and Outcomes, April 2009
The report outlines the various aspects of work carried out in the design and implementation of IFAD’s Asia Division’s Annual Performance Review (APR) as part of a broader strategy of capacity building in Knowledge Management (KM) through ENRAP. Though ENRAP KM capacity building exercise goes back several years but this report highlights the work carried out since May 2007.
