Value Chains for Development

Equity and efficiency in contract farming schemes : the experience of agricultural tree crops

Baumann, Pari | 2000
  • Author(s): Baumann, Pari
  • Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agricultural product marketing, merchants, agricultural production, contracts, small farms, ghana, ivory coast, kenya, malaysia, thailand
Reviews the experience of contract farming and outgrower schemes for cocoa, rubber, palm oil, coffee and tea. Lessons are drawn to inform similar schemes with tree crops.

Comparing chain governance and upgrading patterns in the Sinos valley, Brazil

Bazan, Luiza and Navas-Alemلn, Lizbeth | 2001
  • Author(s): Bazan, Luiza and Navas-Alemلn, Lizbeth
  • Publisher: Federation of industries of Rio Grande do Sul (Fiergs) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: industrial procurement, shoe industry, globalization, governance, enterprise development, latin america, brazil
This study of a Brazilian footwear cluster shows that there is still scope for local upgrading strategies, even if they have to deal with hierarchical global chain governance patterns.

The \"what if...\" service concept test : triple trust organisation's market research tool to test microenterprise interest in new business service ideas

Bear, Marshall and Tladi, Seth and Pedro, Donovan | 2004
  • Author(s): Bear, Marshall and Tladi, Seth and Pedro, Donovan
  • Publisher: The SEEP network
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: retail trade, small enterprises, enterprise development, market research, payment, south africa
This note discusses how the Triple Trust Organisation in South Africa used the “What If…” Service Concept to assess potential demand among spaza shop owners for new payment mechanisms.

Collective learning in small enterprise clusters : skilled workers, labour market dynamics and knowledge accumulation in the Philippine furniture industry

Beerepoot, Niels Pieter Christiaan | 2005
  • Author(s): Beerepoot, Niels Pieter Christiaan
  • Publisher: Amsterdam institute for metropolitan and international development studies (AMIDSt)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: industrial procurement, furniture industry, small enterprises, enterprise development, industrial location, technology transfer, communication process, south east asia, philippines
Learning processes in developing country clusters are analysed, using the case of the furniture cluster in Cebu, the Philippines. The focus is on the formal and informal channels for knowledge transfer.

Rural business development services

Belt, John | 2012
  • Author(s): Belt, John
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: agribusiness, agriculture, private sector, public services, africa
A presentation on Rural Business Development Services. Presented by John Belt (KIT, Royal Tropical Institute) at the \"Making the Connection\" conference, 7 November 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
 

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