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Making
Markets Work Better for the Poor
Vietnam,
Laos, Cambodia
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 Purpose
This project
aims to conduct analytical work on the functioning of markets
and the extent to which the poor are able to benefit from
them, and to build capacity to support pro-poor market development
through research activities, networking and the promotion
of policy dialogue in the three project countries. |
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Lessons: |
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How
can Research-based Development Interventions be more Effective
at Influencing Policy and Practice?
Alex Duncan and Andrew Barnett, Discussion paper No.12, November
2005 PDF |
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The
Participation of the Poor in Supermarkets and other Distribution
Value Chains (DVCs)
Paule Moustier, Dao The Anh, Hoang Bang An, Vu Trong Binh, Muriel
Figuié, Nguyen Thi Tan Loc, Phan Thi Giac Tam, Discussion
paper No.11, Oct 2005 PDF
Briefing No 13 PDF
Markets and Development Bulletin (MDB) No 7 English PDF
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Labor
Market Segmentation and Poverty Policy
A Consortium of Institute of World Economics and Politics, Central
Institute of Economic Management, and Institute of Labor and
Social Affair Studies, Discussion Paper No. 10, December 2005
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Briefing No 12 English PDF
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Migrant
& Non-migrant workers: Position and opportunities Bulletin
No.6 English PDF
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Making
Market Systems WorkBetter for the Poor (M4P)
An introduction to the concept
Discussion paper prepared for the ADB-DFID Learning Event, ADB
Headquarters, Manila, Discussion paper No 9, December 2005,
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Participatory
Markets and Livelihood Assessment in Da Nang City
Discussion Paper No 8, February 2005, English PDF
/ Vietnamese PDF;
Briefing No. 11 English PDF
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Agricultural
Commercialization, Value Chains, and Poverty Reduction
prepared by Francesco Goletti, Discussion Paper No 7, January
2005, PDF |
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The
Emerging Communications Strategy: Engaging and Connecting People
prepared by Rick Davies, Discussion Paper No 6, January 2005,
English PDF
/ Vietnamese PDF |
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The
Impact of Land Market Processes on the Poor: Implementing De
Soto
prepared by William Smith, Discussion Paper No 3, November 2004,
English PDF
/ Vietnamese PDF;
Briefing No. 3 English PDF
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The
Value Chain for Tea in Viet Nam: Prospects for Participation
of the Poor Informatics
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (ICARD) of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Viet Nam
Tea Research Institute (VTRI),and international consultants
from Agrifood Consulting International (ACI) Discussion Paper
No 1, November 2004 English PDF
/ Vietnamese PDF;
Briefing No. 4 English PDF
/ Vietnamese PDF |
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Background and use of SL
The project
work is focused in three areas: markets that are important
to the poor, especially land and labour markets; the participation
of the poor in global value chains; and developing innovative
public-private partnerships to improve the delivery of infrastructure
services to the poor.
The project
is rooted in the Making Market Systems Work Better for the
Poor (M4P) approach, which aims to accelerate pro-poor growth
by improving outcomes that matter to the poor. It focuses
on changing the structure and characteristics of markets to
increase participation by the poor on terms that are of benefit
to them. It addresses the behaviour of the private sector
and therefore reinforces the strengths of market systems,
rather than undermining these systems. In this way, M4P is
based on recent thinking about how to use market systems to
meet the needs of the poor and how to support the private
sector through market mechanisms that bring about sustainable
change.
The original
framework for M4P combines an analysis of poverty based on
the Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) model with an analysis of
the functioning of markets based on insights from New Institutional
Economics (NIE). The SL model highlights the importance of
poor people’s access to a variety of assets, and the
returns they get from them. Markets provide opportunities
to get better returns from assets and to obtain new assets
through exchange. For markets to work better for poor people,
they must provide access to the opportunity to build and acquire
assets, and help to reduce vulnerability. To do this, markets
must become progressively more developed, more complete and
more accessible to poor people.
The
various aspects of the project are therefore concerned to
produce a better understanding of poverty and of the market
systems that affect the lives of the poor in the roles as
producers, consumers and employees of businesses or other
organisation. This includes current interactions between markets
and the livelihoods of the poor, as well as analysis of future
market opportunities and constraints. The project is also
concerned to develop research capacity in the research regions;
and to stimulate policy dialogue on how to achieve pro-poor
growth.
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