Market development
- Linking sustainable livelihoods and making markets work for the poor approaches
- M. Albu / The Springfield Centre for Business in Development, 2008
- This paper questions how development agencies and governments respond to situations in which poor households' livelihoods are intertwined through markets with socially, politically and geographically remote actors and processes. It ai...
- Looking at gains and losses for women in agriculture and food security in southern Africa
- A. Charman / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008
- From the 1990s onwards, a shift towards participatory and bottom-up approaches to agricultural development has meant improved livelihoods for women. How have agricultural extension services been designed to incorporate an effective un...
- The strengths and limitations of agriculture in delivering poverty reduction
- A. Dorward; S. Fan; J. Kydd / Overseas Development Institute, 2004
- This paper presents key findings from a study of pro-poor agricultural growth (PPAG). Over the past few decades changes such as those surrounding ecology, liberalisation and HIV and AIDS have increased the challenges facing the rural ...
- A framework for risk management from a market research perspective
- M. Matul; D. Szubert / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005
- This briefing provides microfinance practitioners with a framework to develop risk management from a market research perspective. It looks at how an understanding of vulnerability to poverty is crucial to develop microfinancial servic...
- A livelihoods perspective on rural households in Armenia
- D. Bezemer; Z. Lerman / Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University, Israel, 2003
- This paper explores the structure of the rural economy in Armenia from a households’ perspective. It draws upon the livelihoods approach, paying attention to the different kinds of assets and activities that form the livelihood ...
- Incorporating the rural poor in economic development
- J Farrington; J. Mitchell / Overseas Development Institute, 2006
- Should processes of globalisation and economic development inevitably bypass many of the world’s rural poor? Does economic globalisation always have negligible or negative consequences for the rural poor? Or, is there a way in w...
- Cash grants enable older people to start and strengthen livelihood activities
- HelpAge International, 2008
- This report provides an account of a livelihood cash grant programme implemented in Banda Aceh in the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami. It shows that older people are still willing and able to work and should therefore be included in liv...
- Market access and livelihoods for smallholder farmers
- S. Kaaria; P. Sanginga; J. Njuki / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2007
- The aim of this paper is to link smallholder farmers to markets. The approach used is entitled: Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI). In line with the livelihoods approach, ERI focuses on strengthening the smallholder’s capacity, it ...
- Rural livelihoods in Ethiopia and the Millennium Development Goals
- R. Bluffstone; M. Yesuf; B. Bushie / Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 2008
- This paper analyses the nature of rural poverty in Ethiopia. It situates this analysis within the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which provide an umbrella for efforts to increase incomes and improve the quality of ...
- Microfinance, gender and livelihoods
- L. Mayoux; M. Jiri; M. Cerqueira / Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2002
- How can micro-finance programmes avoid some of the common pitfalls associated with them? How can they integrate strong strategies for poverty reduction and women’s empowerment? This One World Action publication describes the Sus...
- Linking sustainable livelihoods and making markets work for the poor approaches
- M. Albu / The Springfield Centre for Business in Development, 2008
- This paper questions how development agencies and governments respond to situations in which poor households' livelihoods are intertwined through markets with socially, politically and geographically remote actors and processes. It ai...
- Looking at gains and losses for women in agriculture and food security in southern Africa
- A. Charman / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008
- From the 1990s onwards, a shift towards participatory and bottom-up approaches to agricultural development has meant improved livelihoods for women. How have agricultural extension services been designed to incorporate an effective un...
- The strengths and limitations of agriculture in delivering poverty reduction
- A. Dorward; S. Fan; J. Kydd / Overseas Development Institute, 2004
- This paper presents key findings from a study of pro-poor agricultural growth (PPAG). Over the past few decades changes such as those surrounding ecology, liberalisation and HIV and AIDS have increased the challenges facing the rural ...
- A framework for risk management from a market research perspective
- M. Matul; D. Szubert / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005
- This briefing provides microfinance practitioners with a framework to develop risk management from a market research perspective. It looks at how an understanding of vulnerability to poverty is crucial to develop microfinancial servic...
- A livelihoods perspective on rural households in Armenia
- D. Bezemer; Z. Lerman / Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University, Israel, 2003
- This paper explores the structure of the rural economy in Armenia from a households’ perspective. It draws upon the livelihoods approach, paying attention to the different kinds of assets and activities that form the livelihood ...
- Incorporating the rural poor in economic development
- J Farrington; J. Mitchell / Overseas Development Institute, 2006
- Should processes of globalisation and economic development inevitably bypass many of the world’s rural poor? Does economic globalisation always have negligible or negative consequences for the rural poor? Or, is there a way in w...
- Cash grants enable older people to start and strengthen livelihood activities
- HelpAge International, 2008
- This report provides an account of a livelihood cash grant programme implemented in Banda Aceh in the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami. It shows that older people are still willing and able to work and should therefore be included in liv...
- Market access and livelihoods for smallholder farmers
- S. Kaaria; P. Sanginga; J. Njuki / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2007
- The aim of this paper is to link smallholder farmers to markets. The approach used is entitled: Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI). In line with the livelihoods approach, ERI focuses on strengthening the smallholder’s capacity, it ...
- Rural livelihoods in Ethiopia and the Millennium Development Goals
- R. Bluffstone; M. Yesuf; B. Bushie / Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 2008
- This paper analyses the nature of rural poverty in Ethiopia. It situates this analysis within the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which provide an umbrella for efforts to increase incomes and improve the quality of ...
- Microfinance, gender and livelihoods
- L. Mayoux; M. Jiri; M. Cerqueira / Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2002
- How can micro-finance programmes avoid some of the common pitfalls associated with them? How can they integrate strong strategies for poverty reduction and women’s empowerment? This One World Action publication describes the Sus...
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