Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning
Over the past decade, the value chain development approach has increasingly been adopted by governments, donors, and NGOs to reduce rural poverty. The design of related interventions often assumes that poor households: 1) have sufficient resources to effectively participate in value chain developmen...
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| author | Stoian, D. Donovan, J. Fisk, J. Muldoon, M. |
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| description | Over the past decade, the value chain development approach has increasingly been adopted by governments, donors, and NGOs to reduce rural poverty. The design of related interventions often assumes that poor households: 1) have sufficient resources to effectively participate in value chain development; 2) do not face substantial tradeoffs when using these resources; and 3) are able to assume higher risks when reinvesting capital and labour. However, insights from our own experiences and the literature show that these assumptions often do not reflect the realities and the needs of the poor. We argue that value chain development with poor and vulnerable populations, particularly in rural areas, requires additional conceptual frameworks, analysis, and interventions. In particular, we encourage donor agencies and development practitioners to adopt an asset-based approach to the design, implementation, and assessment of target value chains and to identify the non-market interventions needed for enabling particularly disenfranchised groups to meet the minimum asset thresholds for their successful participation in value chain initiatives. |
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| spelling | CGSpace694872025-11-05T07:31:45Z Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning Stoian, D. Donovan, J. Fisk, J. Muldoon, M. rural poverty economic growth economic value infrastructure assets markets Over the past decade, the value chain development approach has increasingly been adopted by governments, donors, and NGOs to reduce rural poverty. The design of related interventions often assumes that poor households: 1) have sufficient resources to effectively participate in value chain development; 2) do not face substantial tradeoffs when using these resources; and 3) are able to assume higher risks when reinvesting capital and labour. However, insights from our own experiences and the literature show that these assumptions often do not reflect the realities and the needs of the poor. We argue that value chain development with poor and vulnerable populations, particularly in rural areas, requires additional conceptual frameworks, analysis, and interventions. In particular, we encourage donor agencies and development practitioners to adopt an asset-based approach to the design, implementation, and assessment of target value chains and to identify the non-market interventions needed for enabling particularly disenfranchised groups to meet the minimum asset thresholds for their successful participation in value chain initiatives. 2015-07 2016-01-08T10:22:48Z 2016-01-08T10:22:48Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69487 en Limited Access application/pdf Practical Action Publishing Stoian, D.; Donovan, J.; Fisk, J.; Muldoon, M. (2015) Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning. In: Financial and market integration of vulnerable people: lessons from development programmes. (Jones, L. (ed.)) Practical Action Publishing p. 71–85 ISBN: 978-1-85339-887-2 |
| spellingShingle | rural poverty economic growth economic value infrastructure assets markets Stoian, D. Donovan, J. Fisk, J. Muldoon, M. Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning |
| title | Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning |
| title_full | Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning |
| title_fullStr | Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning |
| title_short | Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning |
| title_sort | value chain development for rural poverty reduction a reality check and a warning |
| topic | rural poverty economic growth economic value infrastructure assets markets |
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