Overview of Tasks

 
   
 

This following table presents the ValueLinks modules and tasks for quick reference.

A general introduction can be found here:

 
     
Modules
Tasks

(Task 0.1) Assessing potential and limits of value chain promotion
(Task 0.2) Combining chain promotion with other development approaches

(Task 1.1) Determining the scope of value chains to be promoted
(Task 1.2) Conducting and supporting market research
(Task 1.3) Setting priorities across alternative value chains

(Task 2.1) Value chain mapping
(Task 2.2) Quantifying and analysing value chains in detail
(Task 2.3) Economic analysis of value chains

(Task 3.1) Agreeing on a vision and strategy for value chain upgrading
(Task 3.2) Analyzing opportunities and constraints
(Task 3.3) (Task 3.1) Setting operational upgrading objectives
(Task 3.4) Identifying actors implementing the upgrading strategy
(Task 3.5) Anticipating the impact of chain upgrading

(Task 4.1) Clarifying public, private and donor roles
(Task 4.2) Designing a process and setting entry and exit points
(Task 4.3) Organising the chain promotion project and scaling up
(Task 4.4) Institutionalizing collective action of chain actors

(Task 5.1) Brokering vertical collaboration: Supplier - buyer contracting
(Task 5.2) Fostering horizontal collaboration of value chain operators
(Task 5.3) Business matchmaking

(Task 6.1) Engaging private partners in development work
(Task 6.2)  Concluding public-private partnership (PPP) agreements

(Task 7.1) Assessing service needs and service markets
(Task 7.2) Strengthening private service markets and arrangements
(Task 7.3) Improving the responsiveness of public service providers
(Task 7.4) Strategic use of temporary support services

(Task 8.1) Brokering value chain financing arrangements
(Task 8.2) Public funding of chain development

(Task 9.1) Facilitating the development of standards
(Task 9.2) Accompanying the implementation of standards
(Task 9.3) Developing the capacity for the verification of standards

(Task 10.1) Supporting private initiatives addressing macro-level constraints
(Task 10.2) Fostering a coherent value chain promotion policy

(Task 11.1) Formulating impact hypotheses of value chain promotion
(Task 11.2) Verifying impact hypotheses
(Task 11.3) Managing for development results