Value chain development involving small holders is currently promoted as a mechanism for promoting rural development generally, harnessing market forces for improving the livelihood of the poor. There is a growing trend for agricultural development projects to incorporate market linkages, in...

This is chapter 3 of the book "Rethinking Sustainability: Power, Knowledge and Institutions" by Jonathan M. Harris (ed). Effective development usually must involve both the elite and the most needy within any particular society—these two groups being seen not as polar types but as the opposite...