Markets, value chains and development
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Markets, value chains and development
Join us in debating assumptions, evidence, intervention strategies, and theories
THE HAGUE, 28 SEPTEMBER 2010
Much of the renewed interest in small-scale agriculture has focused on connecting producers to markets. Value chains and the concept of ‘pro-poor markets’ figure prominently in development policy, practice and research. NGOs cooperate with producers’ organisations to facilitate linkages with companies. Firms collaborate with civil society organisations and public agencies to enable farmers to comply with voluntary standards. Governments support partnerships and development programmes with the aim being to include small-scale farmers or local enterprises in the operations of global value chains. Researchers theorise about governance and inclusion and investigate the nature of the linkages of workers and producers with value chains.
We hereby invite you to an exiting day, with a programme that focuses on the question:
What do we actually know about the effect of value chains and markets on development?
In the morning, bilateral dialogues between businesses, NGOs, and governments and researchers will aim to make intervention theories explicit and to seek bridges between frameworks of different actors.
In the afternoon, the focus of a number of ‘provocations’ will be on small-scale farmers’ agency in setting the development agenda in Latin America, Africa and Asia, with the aim being to take a careful look at the assumptions, impacts, evidence, benefits and risks of the approach to making markets work for small-scale farmers.
During a dinner meeting, we will try to translate the insights and perspectives from business, NGOs, farmers and government into ingredients for a shared knowledge agenda, with the aim being to encourage debate and feedback that helps to further shape, refine and present this agenda.
Programme:
· 9:00-12:00 Bilateral dialogues: Value chain governance and endogenous economic growth
Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX The Hague.
For directions to the ISS click here
Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX The Hague.
For directions to the ISS click here
· 12:00-12:45 Lunch. Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
· 13:00-16:00 Provocation: Producers agency and the agenda to ‘make markets work for the poor’. Museum for Communication, Zeestraat 82, 2518 AD The Hague (just around the corner from the ISS). For directions to the Museum for Communication click here
· 17:00-20:00 Dinner meeting: setting a knowledge agenda.
Institute of Social Studies (ISS). For directions to the ISS click here
Institute of Social Studies (ISS). For directions to the ISS click here
This day combines the forces of two projects:
- The Development Policy Research Network (DPRN) ‘Value chain governance and endogenous economic growth: how can NGOs, firms and governments achieve inclusion and poverty reduction?’ process, coordinated by the Institute of Social Studies and Wageningen University and Research Center. The bilateral dialogues and the dinner meeting form the closing events of this process.For more information about the events click here.
- The ‘Provocation’ is organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and HIVOS (Netherlands) in collaboration with the ‘Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Markets’ (ESFIM) programme coordinated by LEI-WUR. This provocation is part of a travelling series of ‘provocations’ organised by IIED, HIVOS, Mainumby and collaborating institutes. This series is supported by the Hivos Knowledge Programme Small Producer Agency in the Globalized Market. For more information about the provocation click here.
Registration:
Registration is compulsory and free of charge. To register please click here. It is possible to register for the events separately. Please note that a limited number of seats are available.
Date:
28 September 2010
Venue:
Institute of Social Studies, The Hague