Title: Promise and progress : market-based solutions to poverty in Africa

Authors: Kubzansky, Michael and Cooper, Ansulie and Barbary, Victoria

Place: [Cambridge, MA etc.]

Publisher: Monitor group

Year: 2011

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Subject: Rural Innovation Systems

Keywords: enterprise development, small enterprises, small farms, market access, agricultural product marketing, development models, poverty, africa, india

Abstract: A 16-month study of market-based solutions to poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) shows that seven business models first identified in India are also evident in Africa. Donors are encouraged to support demand-stimulation initiatives for socially beneficial goods and services.

URL: http://web.mit.edu/idi/idi/Africa-%20PromiseAndProgress-MIM.pdf

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