Making Foreign Aid More Relevant and Effective through a Small-Scale Producers Strategy

In: The journal of environment & development: a review of international policy, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 79-95

Abstract

The politics of foreign aid favor increased attention to environmentally sustainable, market-based approaches to poverty reduction through small-and micro-enterprise development. A small-scale producers strategy can help ensure food security, maintain incomes and employment during economic structural adjustments, and promote better management of natural resources. Common problems facing small enterprises include limited access to financing and the technology gap. Some institutional implications of this strategy for the structure of development assistance programs are assessed.