5.6. Application-specific Resources
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General resources for vulnerable populations are provided below:
- Early Lessons Targeting Populations with A Value Chain Approach
- Integrating Very Poor Producers into Value Chains Field Guide
- Making Value Chains Work for the Poor
Additional application-specific resources are listed in the Table of Contents on the right.
- Value Chain Development Wiki
- Additional Information
- FAQs
- 1. Key Information for Those New to the Value Chain Approach
- 2. In-depth Concepts for VC Project Managers and Technical Staff
- 2.1. End Markets
- 2.2. Business Enabling Environment
- 2.3. Vertical Linkages
- 2.4. Horizontal Linkages
- 2.5. Supporting Markets
- 2.6. Value Chain Governance
- 2.7. Inter-firm Relationships
- 2.7.1. Importance of Vertical and Horizontal Linkages to Foster Win-Win Relationships
- 2.7.2. Benefits of Supportive Relationships
- 2.7.3. Types of Relationships
- 2.7.4. Frameworks for Analyzing Relationships
- 2.7.5. Buying Down Risk to Develop Win-Win Relationships
- 2.7.6. Trust in Inter-Firm Relationships
- 2.8. Upgrading
- 3. How-to Information for Those Designing or Implementing a VC Project
- 3.1. Value Chain Selection
- 3.2. Value Chain Analysis
- 3.3. Competitiveness Strategy
- 3.4. Design and Implementation
- 3.4.1. Industry Pathway
- 3.4.2. Knowledge Management System
- 3.4.3. Program Design Process
- 3.4.4. Leverage Points
- 3.4.5. Plan for Scaling Up
- 3.4.6. Leverage Through Lead Firms
- 3.4.7. Facilitation
- 3.4.8. Direct Intervention
- 3.4.9. Recommended Good Practices for Design and Implementation
- 3.4.10. Understanding Knowledge Flows
- 3.5. Monitoring and Evaluation
- 3.5.1. Impact Assessment
- 3.5.2. The Role of the Causal Model in Performance Monitoring and Impact Assessment
- 3.5.3. Selection of Key Performance Indicators
- 3.5.4. Best Practices to Develop Integrated Performance Monitoring Systems
- 3.5.5. Performance Indicator Reference Sheet
- 3.5.6. What Constitutes a Rigorous Impact Assessment?
- 3.5.7. What are the Steps in Implementing an Impact Assessment?
- 4. Application-specific Information on the Value Chain Approach
- 4.1. The Value Chain Approach in Conflict-Affected Contexts
- 4.2. Vulnerable Populations and the Value Chain Approach
- 4.2.1. Overview of At-Risk Youth
- 4.2.2. Key Constraints and Promising Strategies in Applying the Value Chain Approach with Youth
- 4.2.3. Overview of Disadvantaged Women
- 4.2.4. Key Constraints and Promising Strategies in Applying the Value Chain Approach with Women
- 4.2.5. Overview of Very Poor Populations
- 4.2.6. Key Constraints and Promising Strategies in Applying the Value Chain Approach with the Very Poor
- 4.2.7. Recommended Good Practices for Vulnerable Populations
- 4.2.8. ICT for Conflict-Affected Environments
- 4.3. Integrating Food Security and the Value Chain Approach
- 4.3.1. Overview of Food availability and the value chain approach
- 4.3.2. Applying the Value Chain Approach to Food Availability
- 4.3.3. Overview of Food Access and the Value Chain Approach
- 4.3.4. Applying the Value Chain Approach to Food Access
- 4.3.5. Overview of Food Utilization and the Value Chain Approach
- 4.3.6. Applying the Value Chain Approach to Food Utilization
- 4.3.7. Challenges and Solutions in Integrating Food Security and the Value Chain Approach
- 4.3.8. Cross-Cutting Lenses on Food Security and the Value Chain Approach
- 4.3.9. Emerging Good Practices for Integrating Food Security and the Value Chain Approach
- 4.3.10. Improving the Food Security of Vulnerable Populations with a Value Chain Approach
- 5. Specific Tools and Resources
- 5.1. Overview of Value Chain Resources
- 5.2. Selection Resources
- 5.2.1. Impacts of Informal Rules on Value Chain Performance
- 5.2.2. Interaction between Informal and Formal Rules
- 5.2.3. Social Institutions Comprising Informal Regulations
- 5.2.4. Informal Rules Observed
- 5.2.5. Tools and Methods for Understanding Informal Regulations
- 5.2.6. Methods of Influencing Informal Rules
- 5.2.7. Hamre Framework
- 5.2.8. Competitiveness Impacts of Business Environment Reform (CIBER)
- 5.2.9. Climate, Legal and Institutional Reform Tools (CLIR)
- 5.2.10. The BizCLIR Tool Framework
- 5.2.11. The MicroCLIR Process
- 5.2.12 Supporting Markets Resources
- 5.2.13. Assessing the Business Environment
- 5.2.14. Types of Value Chain Finance
- 5.2.15. Lessons Learned in Value Chain Finance
- 5.2.16. Value Chain Finance Implications for Program Designers
- 5.3. Analysis Resources
- 5.3.1. Tools for End-Market Analysis
- 5.3.1.1. Phase 1 Tools: Context
- 5.3.1.2. Phase 1 Tools: Channels
- 5.3.1.3. Phase 1 Tools: Customers
- 5.3.1.4. Phase 1 Tools: Competitors
- 5.3.1.5. Phase 1 Tools: Choices
- 5.3.1.6. Phase 1 Tools: Communications
- 5.3.1.7. Phase 2 Tools: Competitors
- 5.3.1.8. Phase 2 Tools: Choices
- 5.3.1.9. Phase 2 Tools: Communications
- 5.3.2. Quantitative Analysis
- 5.3.1. Tools for End-Market Analysis
- 5.4. Design and Implementation Resources
- 5.5. Monitoring and Evaluation Resources
- 5.6. Application-specific Resources
- 5.6.1. Resources on the Value Chain Approach and Vulnerable Populations
- 5.6.2. Resources on Conflict-Affected Environments and the VC Project Cycle
- 5.6.3. Resources for Assessing Conflict
- 5.6.4. Analytical Tools for Working with Youth
- 5.6.5. Gender Dimensions Framework
- 5.6.6. Analytical Tools for Working with Women
- 5.6.7. Women's Empowerment in Agriculture
- 5.6.8. Analytical Tools for Working with the Very Poor
- 5.6.9. Tools for integrating food security and the value chain approach
- 5.6.10. GFSR Protocol
- 5.6.11. Opportunities for Further Research and Tools on Integrating Food Security and the Value Chain Approach