Value Chains for Development

Chains of production, ladders of protection : social protection for workers in the informal economy

Lund, Francie and Nicholson, Jillian | 2004
  • Author(s): Lund, Francie and Nicholson, Jillian
  • Publisher: University of Natal. School of development studies
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: purchasing, globalization, social justice, working conditions, informal sector, chile, philippines, south africa, thailand
Case studies of a new approach to social protection in the garment and horticulture sectors, based on an understanding of the working lives of people in global value chains.

Understanding institutional innovations to foster rural investment and business expansion

Lundy, Mark | 2005]
  • Author(s): Lundy, Mark
  • Publisher: International center for tropical agriculture (CIAT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: rural development, institution building, co-operation between organizations, development assistance, rural areas, investments, enterprise development
CIAT's Rural Agro-enterprise Development Project builds learning alliances that engage multiple stakeholders with multi-layered sources of knowledge in processes of innovation to promote increased learning in rural entrepreneurial development.

A community based approach to agro-enterprise development : [strategy paper territorial approach]

Lundy, Mark | [2002]
  • Author(s): Lundy, Mark
  • Publisher: International center for tropical agriculture (CIAT). Rural agro-enterprise development project
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, development strategies, enterprise development, small enterprises, rural areas, development planning
The territorial approach to rural business development aims to support rural communities in agriculture by promoting pro-poor policies that work towards enabling rural innovation with greater equity in the marketplace.

LINK methodology : a participatory guide to business models that link smallholders to markets

Lundy, Mark | 2012
  • Author(s): Lundy, Mark
  • Publisher: International center for trropical agriculture (CIAT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, small farms, market access, reference materials
The LINK methodology will help you understand the current functioning of the market chain and key business models, and design innovations that empower producer groups to engage more effectively and buyers to act in ways more amenable to smallholder farmers.

Participatory market chain analysis for smallholder producers

Lundy, Mark | 2007
  • Author(s): Lundy, Mark
  • Publisher: Centro internacional de agricultura tropical (CIAT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agroindustry, enterprise development, small farms, small enterprises, corporate planning, market research, popular participation, development strategies
This is the fourth in a series of good practice guides for implementing a participatory, area-based approach to rural enterprise development. Topics include developing a competitive market chain strategy.
 

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