Karsten Weitzenegger The USAID Microenterprise Development (MD) office value chain approach is a powerful tool to create wealth in poor communities and for promoting poverty-reducing economic growth. MD's value chain approach seeks to understand how and when MSEs can successfully compete in growing value chains, targeting sectors where the poor are concentrated—agriculture, natural products, and labor-intensive industries. … Weiterlesen
A tool available online from the Rural Finance Learning CentreThis training guide provides the material for a seven day training course in enterprise development, which is intended for the staff of NGOs and other organisations, including government departments, whose mandate is to promote "income-generation" or "micro-enterprises" among poor people.http://www.ruralfinance.org/servlet/CDSServlet?status=ND02NTM4JjY9ZW4mMzM9KiYzNz1rb3M~
May 29-June 9, 2006 he World Bank has started an E-Conference on “The Role of Development Communication in Sustainable Tourism”. You are still invited to participate and enrich this conference with your experiences and case studies. The E-Conference is hosted on the Forum section of the World Bank Development Communication Webpage. http://www.devcomm.org
Join the new online discussion offered by the Rapid Response Web site on Private Sector Development. How to Tackle the Problem of Rising Informality? http://rru.worldbank.org/Discussions/topics/topic64.aspx The number of informal firms – those operating beyond the reach of the law – is rising, accounting for more than 30% of developing world economic activity. Some policymakers believe … Weiterlesen
This unique Directory lists consulting companies active in international development cooperation, sorted by country of origin or registration. Here you can find consultants, consortium partners or employers. This information is compiled from public short-list of the World Bank, the ADB, the EuropeAid Coordination Office, consulting associations and other public sources. Please contribute by using the free … Weiterlesen
The supply side in weak BDS markets must be considered carefully during the market assessment. Macro-economic constraints to BDS market development must be identified and removed before starting the market development. The "crowding out" of private suppliers by competition of subsidized monopoly providers must be revealed and stopped. The cost of creating permanent public benefits … Weiterlesen
Investing in people management and training is the only chance for a small business to overcome market disconnectedness in an Era of Knowledge-Based Economies. BDS can be the bridge for providing access to procedures and practises, standards and innovation. Entrepreneurs accustomed to free services are likely to resist paying for those services later. Resistance should … Weiterlesen
Hamburg’s Initiative for Business Start-ups was designed as public-private-partnership to strengthen the demand of BDS by a training voucher system. At the same time, the supply was structured and made transparent in a catalogue and a directory. The large number of existing providers was oriented more towards business starters. The local government did not „crowd … Weiterlesen
An United Nations report finds that remittances from Africans working abroad during 2000-2003 averaged about US$17 billion annually, while FDI flows averaged about US$15 billion during the same period. Official development assistance is still the main external resource flow for Africa. The report highlights the need for reducing the cost of transmitting remittances to facilitate … Weiterlesen
Foreign remittances could overtake FDI and aid, says Asian Development BankThe Asian Development Bank — http://www.adb.org — predicted that in most developing countries in Asia foreign remittances are growing at a rate that will make them exceed FDI flows and overseas development assistance combined in the near future. Foreign remittances are currently estimated to exceed … Weiterlesen