1st Edition
Markets and Rural Poverty Upgrading in Value Chains
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the place of poor people within a rich variety of value chains, focusing upon lagging, rural regions in Africa and Asia, and how they can 'upgrade' within such chains. Upgrading is a key concept for value chain analysis and refers to the acquisition of technological capabilities and market linkages that enable firms to improve their competitiveness and move into higher-value... Read more
1. Poverty, Agency and Value Chains 2. A Methodology for Integrating Developmental Concerns into Value Chain Analysis and Interventions 3. Summaries of the Seven Action Research Projects 4. Working Together – Horizontal Coordination as an Upgrading Strategy 5. Going for Win-Win – Upgrading through Vertical Coordination 6. Doing Different Things – Functional Upgrading 7. Better Quality and Working Smarter – Product and Process Upgrading 8. Skills Transfer – Inter-chain Upgrading 9. Who Runs this Place? The External Enabling Environment for Value Chain Development 10. Conclusions
Biography
Jonathan Mitchell is a Head of Programme at the Overseas Development Institute in London, working in the areas of agricultural development, business development and pro-poor tourism. He is a co-author of 'Tourism and Poverty Reduction' (Earthscan, 2010). Christopher Coles is a Research Officer at the Overseas Development Institute, working in area of value chain analysis in a range of product and service markets, certification and market development.
