Value Chains for Development

Weaving micro and small enterprises into global value chains : the case of Guatemalan textile handicrafts

Dunn, Elizabeth and Villeda, Lillian | 2005
  • Author(s): Dunn, Elizabeth and Villeda, Lillian
  • Publisher: ACDI/VOCA. Accelerated microenterprise advancement project (AMAP)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: globalization, purchasing, small enterprises, handicrafts, competition, co-operation between organizations, private sector, central america, guatemala
The extent to which small enterprises can benefit from participation in global and domestic value chains was examined in 2004-2005. Trust, social networks, and transaction costs are important issues.

Analysing the role of institutional arrangements : vegetable value chains in East Africa

Eaton, Derek | 2007
  • Author(s): Eaton, Derek
  • Publisher: European association of agricultural economists (EAAE)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, horticulture, vegetables, marketing, agricultural prices, contracts, institutional infrastructure, east africa
Institutional arrangements for vegetable marketing in East Africa are analysed from a transaction cost perspective. Better understanding of institutional change is necessary if donor agencies wish to support this process.

Food security and entrepreneurship : a public lecture Wageningen, June 6th 2007

Eenhoorn, Hans | 2007
  • Author(s): Eenhoorn, Hans
  • Publisher: Wageningen university
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small farms, entrepreneurship, risk management, food production, food security
The new chair of Food security and Entrepreneurship at Wageningen University contributes to food security by focusing on the constraints which hold back smallholder farmers from taking entrepreneurial risks.

Making business development services markets work for the poor

Eiligmann, Alfons | 2005
  • Author(s): Eiligmann, Alfons
  • Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, advisory services, markets, development strategies, poverty alleviation
Development approaches based on business development services are examined and ways to make the BDS approach more relevant to poverty alleviation are identified.

Impediments and innovations in knowledge sharing : the case of the African shea sector

Elias, Marlène and Bayala, Jules and Dianda, Mahamadi | 2006
  • Author(s): Elias, Marlène and Bayala, Jules and Dianda, Mahamadi
  • Publisher: KM4Dev community]
  • Pages: 52--67
  • Keywords: oilseed plants, vegetable oils, commodity trade, marketing, quality control, profit, small scale industry, information exchange, africa south of sahara, burkina faso
General impediments to knowledge sharing in the shea sector are discussed. Divergent visions of the sector's actors prevent the development of a strategy that adds value to the benefit of 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.