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Europe and Central Asia | Serbia | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Private Sector and Enterprise Development, Tourism and Hospitality

The project aims at improving employment and income opportunities in the Jablanica and Pcinja regions of South Serbia by stimulating and facilitating systemic change in key sectors that leads to economic growth and improved access to markets and services. In doing so, the project uses a market development approach ("Making Markets Work for the Poor” or "M4P”) as its project rationale, focusing on sustainable change in supporting functions and rules that constitute the wider system around markets. Three sectors will be selected for interventions during the inception phase, all three which play a significant role as generator of income and employment in the region.

Europe and Central Asia | Serbia | Private Sector and Enterprise Development, Tourism and Hospitality

The project aims at improving employment and income opportunities in the Zlatibor region of Southwest Serbia by stimulating and facilitating systemic change in key sectors that leads to economic growth and improved access to markets and services. In doing so, the project uses a market development approach ("Making Markets Work for the Poor” or "M4P”) as its project rationale, focussing on sustainable change in supporting functions and rules that constitute the wider system around markets. Three sectors are being targetted: tourism, fruits and dairy/meat – all three of which play a significant role as generator of income and employment in the region.

Sub-Saharan Africa | Mozambique | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

This project will reduce poverty in northern Mozambique by promoting private sector development, specifically by increasing the economic involvement of the poor in select agricultural value chains. It is the intention to base the project on the principles of “making markets work for the poor” (M4P).

Sub-Saharan Africa | Nigeria | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Promoting Pro-Poor Opportunities in Commodity and Service Markets (PrOpCom) is an innovative project funded by DFID to facilitate functionality and efficiency of Nigerian commodity and service markets in such a way as to assure these markets benefit the poor. PrOpCom’s goal is to improve livelihoods by facilitating growth and pro-poor outcomes in commodity and service markets and to contribute to the overarching (DFID/Nigeria) goal of poverty alleviation in support of NEEDS and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

Sub-Saharan Africa | Rwanda | Energy

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) is a private sector fund, backed by some of the biggest names in development finance and hosted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Our aim is to encourage private sector companies to compete for investment support for their new and innovative business ideas in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi.

Sub-Saharan Africa | Tanzania, United Republic Of | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Livestock and Veterinary Services

The Rural Livelihoods Development Program is located in four poverty-stricken semi-arid regions of Central Tanzania and aims at reducing rural poverty by linking the poor with markets and increasing their income. RLDP's vision is that poor rural households and communities participate in the market economy, improve the material livelihood, and withstand economic shocks by employing their assets and potentials.

South Asia | Nepal | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Samarth-NMDP is a DFID-funded rural market development programme that aims to reduce poverty in Nepal by increasing incomes of smallholder farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs. The programme works to improving the underlying pro-poor performance of rural sectors, leading to opportunities for better access and improved growth for poor and disadvantaged people.
Mercy Corps Nepal, as part of the Samarth programme, will work to catalyse systemic changes in the ginger sub-sector that will lead to improved market access and growth opportunities for smallholder farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs. The project adopts the “Making Markets for the Poor” (M4P) approach that focuses on causes rather than symptoms, will be facilitative and will seek systemic change. This approach will address the major systemic constraints existing within the ginger market system and bring about a systems change that will ultimately increase farmers’ income.

South Asia | Bangladesh | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Samriddhi, meaning "prosperity" in Bangla aims at contributing to sustainable well-being and resilience of poor and extreme poor households of Rajshahi Division and Sunamganj District through social and economic empowerment. The programme works towards a post-project situation where roles and responsibilities are institutionalised and performed by market system actors in a sustainable manner without further external project support. The current phase will focus on the consolidation and replication of the most relevant existing interventions, on an improved poverty orientation and a more systemic approach towards local market systems.