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Stoian, D.Donovan, J.[A systems perspective for achieving economic growth and livelihood resilience: towards a multi-chain approach to value chain development]A systems perspective for achieving economic growth and livelihood resilience: towards a multi-chain approach to value chain development

Over the past 15 or so years authors in Enterprise Development and Microfinance (EDM) have written extensively about the design and implementation of microfinance and its use by the poor, whether to respond to shocks and changing contexts, invest in education, or advance livelihood goals (Figure ...


Donovan, J.Hellin, J.Stoian, D.[Editorial: Revisiting the role of business, technical and financial services in fostering rural entrepreneurship]Editorial: Revisiting the role of business, technical and financial services in fostering rural entrepreneurship

The economy of the northern Bolivian Amazon has historically been based on rubber and other non-timber forest products (NTFPs). In the late 19th century, the upcoming rubber boom lead to the establishment of rubber estates. Following World War I, a first rubber crisis forced some estate owners to...


Stoian, D.Henkemans, A.[Between extractivism and peasant agriculture: differentiation of rural settlements in the Bolivian Amazon]Between extractivism and peasant agriculture: differentiation of rural settlements in the Bolivian Amazon
Autor: Stoian, D.

Commercial exploitation of non-timber forest products has been playing a major role in the northern Bolivian Amazon for more than a century. Initially relying on the exploitation of rubber, the regional economy underwent a first diversification as a consequence of the post-World War I rubber cris...


Stoian, D.[Shifts in forest product extraction: the post-rubber era in the Bolivian Amazon]Shifts in forest product extraction: the post-rubber era in the Bolivian Amazon
Autor: Stoian, D.

Strategies to foster development based on nontimber forest products (NTFPs) implicitly target rural producers. In the northern Bolivian Amazon, however, NTFP-based benefits also accrue to peri-urban populations. A household survey (n = 120) at the periphery of Riberalta, the region’s economic cen...


Stoian, D.[Making the best of two worlds: rural and peri-urban livelihood options sustained by nontimber forest products from the Bolivian Amazon]Making the best of two worlds: rural and peri-urban livelihood options sustained by nontimber forest products from the Bolivian Amazon

Over the past decade, the value chain development approach has increasingly been adopted by governments, donors, and NGOs to reduce rural poverty. The design of related interventions often assumes that poor households: 1) have sufficient resources to effectively participate in value chain develop...


Stoian, D.Donovan, J.Fisk, J.Muldoon, M.[Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning]Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: a reality check and a warning

Monterroso, I.Stoian, D.Lawry, S.Rodas, A.[Investigacion y política sobre concesiones forestales comunitarias en Petén, Guatemala: Lecciones aprendidas y desafíos pendientes]Investigacion y política sobre concesiones forestales comunitarias en Petén, Guatemala: Lecciones aprendidas y desafíos pendientes
Stoian, D.Rodas, A.Butler, M.Monterroso, I.Hodgdon, B.[Las concesiones forestales en Petén, Guatemala: Un análisis sistemático del desempeño socioeconómico de las empresas comunitarias en la Reserva de la Biósfera Maya]Las concesiones forestales en Petén, Guatemala: Un análisis sistemático del desempeño socioeconómico de las empresas comunitarias en la Reserva de la Biósfera Maya

Smallholder value chains are dynamic, changing over time in sudden, unpredictable ways as they adapt to shocks. Understanding these dynamics and adaptation is essential for these chains to remain competitive in turbulent markets. Many guides to value chain development, though they focus welcome a...


Orr, A.Donovan, J.Stoian, D.[Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework]Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework

Stoian, D.Rodas, A.[Successful community stewardship of tropical forests: Evidence from community forest concessions in Petén, Guatemala]Successful community stewardship of tropical forests: Evidence from community forest concessions in Petén, Guatemala

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