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Business development services for small enterprises - a study of Hyderabad, India
01.06.2001
Small enterprises can be characterized as seeking two basic types of services. ‘Transaction-related services’ refer to such things as assistance in keeping accounts, and filing of returns, which are of immediate concern. ‘Strategic services’ deal with long-term issues that will have a lasting impact in the future. This study was undertaken to understand the real relevance of BDS for small enterprise. The study involved structured interactions with 90 small enterprises as well a s interactions with the service provider -
Better together: improving food security and nutrition by linking market and food systems
01.09.2019
Market-based approaches to food security often increase agricultural productivity and income yet sometimes fail to enhance nutrition. When food security programming combines market and food systems with a specific focus on women and girls, economic and nutrition outcomes benefit. We identify distinctive and shared elements from market and food systems and highlight how they enhance nutrition outcomes when they are combined. We describe food security programming by CARE and World Vision in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, demonstrating nutrition gains in food insecure households.