Upgrading along ValUe Chains: strategies for poVerty redUCtion in latin ameriCa
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Key messages Barriers to entry are • key when designing value chain interventions: they must not be so high as to exclude the poor, but they must be sufficiently high to allow participants to gain meaningfully from engaging in the chain. Value chain interven• tions have overemphasised the role of the poor as producers as the main means of reducing rural poverty. In fact, the poor engage with value chains at all nodes as producers, intermediaries, workers and consumers. A n analysis of the ‘ena• bling environment’, the regulatory structures in which value chains operate, is essential. It is not unusual for the main impediment to poor people engaging with value chains to be the state. In recent years, Latin America has moved rapidly towards liberalising trade, both regionally and internationally. This has stimulated active debate on the merits of a more open trading regime. Getting lost in this polarised debate, however, is an understanding of the impact of changes in the trade regime on marginalised groups, particularly the rural poor. This briefing examines how value chain analysis (VCA) can, in a practical way, help the rural poor participate gainfully in local, regional and global trade. It begins by explaining why value chains have emerged as a helpful entry point for discussions on rural poverty. Focusing on Latin America, it then summarises some constraints faced by low-income participants in agriculture, while outlining a framework for how the rural poor can upgrade their position within viable value chains. It concludes by pulling together lessons learnt on using value chain analysis and development effectively as a tool to augment the incomes of poor people in rural areas.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009