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1. Markets and Rural Poverty

   Upgrading in Value Chains

   Edited by Jonathan Mitchell, Christopher Coles

   This book explores the place of poor people within a rich variety of value chains, focusing upon lagging, rural regions in Africa and Asia, and how they can 'upgrade' within such chains. Upgrading is a key concept for value chain analysis and refers to the acquisition of technological capabilities...

   Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge
2. Tourism and Poverty Reduction

   Pathways to Prosperity

   By Jonathan Mitchell, Caroline Ashley

   Series: Tourism Environment and Development

   Tourism can reduce poverty in developing countries. But tourism growth is not universally inclusive of the poor. Moreover our understanding of how tourism affects the poor is largely based on partial and superficial analysis. Researchers from different disciplines and practitioners with different...

   Published December 10th 2009 by Routledge