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Even
the most skilled and well-funded microentrepreneurs are
unlikely to raise sufficient and regular incomes to feed
their children if they don’t have access to markets. In
addition, not every microfinance borrower has the talent
or time to manage a small business, and many of them
would prefer regular salaried employment. In order to
concurrently address these two issues the concepts of
Value Chain and Cluster Development have been
successfully combined by development programs such as
JOBS Bangladesh.
Under
this project, JOBS International, with support from
sister organization JOBS Bangladesh, will assist Save
the Children, USA and local partners, to:
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Develop a Value Chain/Cluster Scan (VCCS) that could
be used by any organization interested in
identifying the potential for the development of
specific value chains and clusters in a given
country. The VCCS would take the form of a
checklist to, 1) assess the presence of the
necessary conditions for successful development of
value chains and establishment of clusters, and 2)
identify the sectors which, when inserted into
global value chains, are most likely to lead to
sustainable employment for poor households.
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Field-test the VCCS in Uganda.
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Develop a workplan for the development of one or two
clusters in Uganda, in close collaboration with
local financial services providers, and identify
market opportunities for cluster-produced products
in established international markets.
Participating partners in this activity include the
Save the Children - USA, Save the Children - Uganda,
Makerere University,
JOBS International and JOBS Bangladesh. |
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