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Value Chains for Development

SAFE policy brief / Standards and agro-food exports research and capacity building programme, Danish institute for international studies

| 2007-2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: DIIS. SAFE
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, trade restrictions, standards, food hygiene, organic farming
Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing developing country agro-food exports. The START research network focuses upon new standards that are emerging from both public and private sources.

Poverty reduction

| 2007]
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International grade centre (ITC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: export promotion, agricultural product marketing, tourism development, handicrafts, small enterprises, poverty alleviation, unctad, brazil, ethiopia, vietnam
The International Trade Centre (ITC) helps the business sectors of developing economies to compete in the international marketplace. Examples are presented of tourism promotion and agricultural marketing.

EDA rural systems

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: EDA rural systems
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, capacity building, financial assistance, development assistance, poverty alleviation, south asia, south east asia
This company was established to identify the service delivery gaps in the microfinance and micro-enterprise sectors and develop practical solutions to support and develop these sectors by research and capcity-building.

SEEP network : [small enterprise education and promotion]

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: SEEP network
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: small enterprises, enterprise development, management development, financial assistance, credit, poverty alleviation, development policy
The SEEP Network promotes microfinance and small enterprise development to: (1) increase program impact on poverty reduction; (2) foster continuing innovation in program design; and (3) inform the policy arena.

Inter-agency website for the exchange of information on value chains, linkages and service markets

| 2007-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Donor committee for enterprise development
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, agribusiness, development policy, development projects, development assistance
The inter-agency database on developing value chains, linkages and service markets provides information on private sector development from over 100 agencies, working in over 70 countries.
 

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