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Markets and rural poverty, upgrading in value chains, edited by Jonathan Mitchell and Christopher Coles

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Markets and rural poverty

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edited by Jonathan Mitchell and Christopher Coles

upgrading in value chains

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 ôupgradeö 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 activities. The authors examine a range of evidence to assess whether the ôbottom billionö people, living mainly in the rural areas of low-income countries, can improve their position through productive

An introduction / Jonathan Mitchell, Andrew Shepherd and Jodie Keane -- A methodology for intergrating developmental concerns into value chain analysis and interventions / Simon Bolwig ... et al. -- Summaries of the seven action research projects -- Working together- horizontal coordination as an upgrading strategy / Christopher Coles and Jonathan Mitchell -- Going for win-win- upgrading through veritical coordination / Christopher Coles -- Doing different things- functional upgrading / Christopher Coles and Jonathan Mitchell -- Better quality and working smarter- product and process upgrading / Christopher Coles and Jonathan Mitchell -- Skills transfer- inter-chain upgrading / Christopher Coles -- Who runs this place? The external enabling environment for value chain development / Kate Schrekenberg and Jonathan Mitchell -- Conclusions / Christopher Coles ... et al