Fwd: Building Better Cross-Sector Partnerships

[Christina Gradl]

New Article by Ted London...

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Datum: August 23, 2012 8:45:01 PM GMT+02:00

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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Building Better Cross-Sector Partnerships   The WDI team of Senior Research Fellow Ted London and Ross School of Business Professor Ravi Anupindi recently published an article that outlines the ways that donor- and enterprise-led value chain initiatives have overlapping objectives but different perspectives on how to serve the poor.   Using the Base-of-the-Pyramid Perspective to Catalyze Interdependence-based Collaborations   London and Anupindi in Zambia   In a special feature article recently published in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the authors conclude that for these types of initiatives to achieve their promise as sustainable and scalable approaches, development and business efforts must become better integrated.  In particular, they describe how leveraging the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) perspective can enhance the design and implementation of interdependence-based collaborations. The authors discuss how improving food security and nutrition in the developing world remains among society’s most intractable challenges and continues despite a wide variety of investments. They then describe the strengths and weaknesses of approaches donor- and enterprise- led initiatives have explored for including smallholder farmers in their value chains. London and Anupindi’s paper concludes by outlining recommendations for integrating donor- and enterprise-led value chain approaches using a BoP perspective.   To inform their research, the authors conducted an in-depth review of existing literature on value chain programs and BoP enterprises, interviewed a variety of experts, hosted several convenings, and conducted field-based research with a number of donor- and company-led initiatives in East Africa and India.  Anupindi in India                   This article is a part of an Agriculture Development and Nutrition Security Special Feature in PNAS supported by funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. For more information on this topic or if you are interested in engaging with the BoP Research Initiative at the William Davidson Institute, please contact initiative atbopre...@umich.edu or visit http://wdi.umich.edu/research/bop  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan 724 E. University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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