A Value Chain is a set of activities that a company performs in order to deliver its product or service for the market. The concept was introduced by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented disruptions to global trade and has sparked questions about the future of global value chains (GVCs). New World Bank research, however, suggests that not ...

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2021—The World Bank has approved a $250 million International Development Association (IDA*) credit for a new National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) that ...

WASHINGTON DC, June 12, 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $34.5 million financing to help Bhutan boost value addition and employment in the agriculture, livestock, ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has officially launched the Multinational Rice ...

The three-month “Farmers’ and Agro-Entrepreneurs Accelerator” aims to reach 200 beneficiaries from Karakalpakstan, with a ...

Johannesburg has become the opening stage for a European Union push to turn a pledged €12 billion investment package for South Africa into bankable projects, with about 200 companies joining the ...