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Value Chains & Livelihoods

Value Chains & Livelihoods. What’s the difference and why should we care?. Jason Wolfe, Enterprise Development Advisor USAID Microenterprise Development office. WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR THE VALUE CHAIN APPROACH?. Integrating poor households into growing markets

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Value Chains & Livelihoods

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  1. Value Chains & Livelihoods What’s the difference and why should we care? Jason Wolfe, Enterprise Development Advisor USAID Microenterprise Development office

  2. WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR THE VALUE CHAIN APPROACH? • Integrating poor households into growing markets • Empowering poor households to benefit from increasing globalization • Economic Growth • Poverty Reduction

  3. Global Retailers Global Enabling Environment National Enabling Environment National Retailers Sector specific providers Exporters Wholesalers Processors/Traders Cross-cutting providers Producers Financial (cross cutting) Input Suppliers WHAT IS A VALUE CHAIN? • End Markets • Enabling Environment • Inter-Firm Cooperation • Supporting Markets • Upgrading

  4. WHAT IS THE VALUE CHAIN APPROACH? • Taking a market systems perspective • Driving growth through end markets • Fostering competitiveness through improved inter-firm relationships • Upgrading at the firm and industry level • Facilitating improved competitiveness

  5. WHAT ARE KEY DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE APPROACHES? • SLA centered on household; VCA centered on market system • SLA can be very descriptive; VCA can be very prescriptive • SLA emphasizes constraints; VCA emphasizes opportunities • SLA can be too broad; VCA can be too narrow • SLA naturally focuses on assets; VCA naturally focuses on revenue/income

  6. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? • SLA and VCA are two different views of the world • CLA and VCA are not incompatible • Neither is absolutely right nor absolutely wrong • But they emphasize different aspects that can both help and hinder our efforts

  7. WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE? Knowledge General Info: microLINKS.org / valuechains Briefing Papers: microLINKS.org / AMAPkp2 Conflict-specific: microLINKS.org / conflict Impact Assessment: microLINKS.org / PSDIAI Learning Training Curricula: microLINKS.org / VCtraining Breakfast Seminars & Screencasts: microLINKS.org / breakfast Technical Assistance Jason Wolfe 202 712 1882 jwolfe@usaid.gov

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