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Brief

Multinational Value Chains, Small and Medium Enterprises, and ‘Pro-Poor’ Policies: A Review of Donor Practice

Published on 1 July 2009

Many donors, governments and private companies now use value chain approaches in their efforts to promote market-oriented growth and poverty reduction. An IDS report examines a range of donor initiatives that use value chain approaches and explores the links between the interventions and poverty reduction.

Authors

John Humphrey

Professorial Fellow

Lizbeth Navas-Aleman

Honorary Associate

Publication details

published by
IDS
authors
Humphrey, J. and Navas-Alemán, L.
journal
IDS Research Summary of IDS Research Report, issue 63

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