Meeting the Challenges of Value Chain Development: A Learning Event
Since Michael Porter first popularized the concept of value chains in 1985, it has become a powerful tool to understand the development process, create wealth in poor communities and promote equitable economic growth. "Meeting the Challenges of Value Chain Development" is a two-day event convening donor, practitioner and research communities to disseminate significant value chain learning and discuss development's most pressing issues.
Attend this event to:
- Learn about innovations and challenges in market system development
- Access the latest tools and resources
- Share your best practices in management and implementation
- Connect with other professionals
Event Details
Date: February 7, 2012 (All day)–February 8, 2012 (All day)
Cost: Free
Location: The Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.
Contact: For more information, contact Emily Stiles at estiles@acdivoca.org.
This event is being hosted by USAID with funding from the Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project (AMAP) Knowledge and Practice II task order, implemented by ACDI/VOCA.
Topics will include:
- Integrating food security and nutrition
- Reaching the very poor
- Facilitating sustainable change
- Engaging the private sector
- Understanding gender and culture in market systems
- Financing value chains
- Monitoring and evaluating dynamic projects
- Creating an enabling environment
For more information on the event, click here.
Value Chain Approach
ACDI/VOCA uses value chains, specifically value chain analysis, to understand private sector development in emerging economy settings in order to jumpstart economic growth and poverty reduction.
Learn more about the value chain approach and access free downloadable case studies, methodologies, tools and more from our value chain publication library.
