Value Chains for Development

Innovations for agricultural value chains in Africa : applying science and technology to enhance cassava, dairy, and maize value chains

| cop. 2003-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Meridian institute
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, cassava, maize, dairy products, technological innovations, post harvest losses, agriproduct processing, poverty alleviation, africa south of sahara
Meridian Institute has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to apply post-harvest management and processing technologies for enhancing cassava, dairy, and maize value chains to add value for African smallholders.

Action for enterprise (AFE)

| cop. 2000-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Action for enterprise (AFE)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, development assistance, training programmes, capacity building, project formulation
Action for Enterprise (AFE) offers a range of technical assistance including: subsector or value chain analysis; business service assessments; program design; capacity-building of providers of market solutions; and training programmes.

ETI : Ethical trading initiative

| cop. 1998-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Ethical trading initiative (ETI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: international trade, social justice, working conditions, co-operation between organizations, private enterprises, nongovernmental organizations, trade unions
An alliance of companies, non-governmental organizations and trade union organizations, which seeks to ensure that the working conditions of workers producing for the UK market meet international labour standards.

Boosting employment through small enterprise development (SEED)

| cop. 1996-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International labour organization (ILO). Job creation and enterprise development
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, employment creation, management development, economic policy
Small Enterprise Development (SEED) seeks to create more and better jobs in the small enterprise sector by policy support, business training, promoting an enabling business environment, and informal economy upgrading.

Developing poverty assessment tools : BDS notes

| ca. 2005]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: USAID
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: small enterprises, enterprise development, development projects, evaluation, poverty alleviation
A survey was conducted among business development service (BDS) providers to better design poverty assessment tools. Various BDS models were described and data collection methods were compared.
 

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The Value Chains for Development portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on pro-poor value chains.