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Value Chains for Development

[A guide for value chain analysis and upgrading]

| 2006
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: ILO
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, economic growth, reference materials
The first part of this guide gives an example for the value chain approach towards upgrading. The second part is all about putting theory into practice.

Linking small-scale producers to markets : old and new challenges : a workshop of the ARD rural infrastructure, markets and finance (RIMFI) thematic group, December 15, 2005

| 2005
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: World bank
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, small farms, agricultural product marketing, urban areas, agricultural contracts, retail trade, enterprise development, india, peru, malaysia, uganda, senegal, colombia
Trends in markets and supply chain organization are discussed and lessons are drawn from projects focused on market linkages. Some trends forebode potential exclusion of small-scale producers to growing markets.

Value chain finance

| 2005
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: U.S. Agency for international development (USAID)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, small farms, credit, merchants, agricultural contracts, agricultural storage, africa south of sahara, mozambique
Lessons are drawn from using value-chain finance to promote agricultural sector development in Mozambique. The advantages and limitations of common forms of value-chain finance are discussed.

Strengthening the sustainable wood supply chain in Nicaragua

| 2005
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: International finance corporation (IFC). Technical assistance facility for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: industrial procurement, wood, sustainable development, small enterprises, wood processing, certificates of origin, central america, nicaragua
In 2005, the International Finance Corporation and World Wildlife Fund implemented a project to link Nicaraguan timber producers and small- and medium-scale manufacturers to international buyers, and attract private investment.

Synthesis of the fifth VCRD debate cycle (September 2005) : the main area of the fifth debate cycle was \"embedded services (EBS) and other services in value chain development\"

| 2005
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Swiss agency for development and cooperation (SDC)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, small farms, enterprise development, private sector, purchasing, advisory services, agricultural training, credit, bangladesh, ghana, tanzania
Embedded Services (EBS) and other services in value chain development were discussed. It was argued that EBS are critically important to reaching very remote poor producers.
 

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