From a Guest Editor
As a new departure, Small Enterprise Development welcomes a guest editor to introduce the topics under discussion in this issue. Most of the articles deal with issues facing women in business, and it is appropriate that the Guest Editor is herself a woman. Many of the problemsfamiliar to businesswomen also confront businessmen, however, and this editorial provides a fresh look at how development practitioners can best help both men and women running small enterprises.
familiar to businesswomen also confront businessmen, however, and this editorial provides a fresh look at how development practitioners can best help both men and women running small enterprises.
- Development impact bonds: learning from the Asháninka cocoa and coffee case in Peru
- Trade-off between outreach and sustainability of microfinance institutions: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
- Value chain development for rural poverty reduction: A reality check and a warning
- Impact assessment of commodity standards: towards inclusive value chains
- What is cocoa sustainability? Mapping stakeholders’ socio-economic, environmental, and commercial constellations of priorities