Resources

Private Sector Development- The World Bank Group This site offers public policy advice for private sector led growth in developing countries. You will find expert analysis, databases, quick solutions and 'how-to' guides.	Private Sector Development
PovertyNet- The World Bank Group This site provides an introduction to key issues as well as in-depth information on poverty measurement, monitoring, analysis, and on poverty reduction strategies for researchers and practitioners.	Poverty
IFAD Rural Poverty Portal This portal presents picture of world-wide rural poverty. It includes world poverty map, poverty situation in countries, and IFAD's interventions.	Poverty
Product Map of ITC	Data & Statistics
TradeMap of ITC	Data & Statistics
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Data & Statistics
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Official site of the statistics wing of Ministry of Planning in Bangladesh.	Data & Statistics
Global Value Chain Initiative This site describes the broad aims, basic concepts of global value chains. It also provides links to abstracts and the full text of papers and books on global value chains and closely related topics. You will also find list of events and workshops sponsored by Global Value Chain Intiative.	Value Chain
Training Directory of SDC The training directory provides a data base of training courses on rural development topics. The courses included in the directory refer largely to priority areas for SDC and its partner organisations.	Training
The Springfield Centre for Business in Development The Springfield Centre is an independent consulting, training, and research organization based in Durham, UK that specializes in private-sector development in low and middle-income economics.	Training
Making Cents International Making Cents International is a consulting firm based in Washington D.C., committed to job entrepreneurs, in the US and worldwide. It offers one-day workshops and five-days courses for MSME development organization staff upon request.	Training
ILO, International Training Centre The ILO International Training Centre, based in Turin, Italy, works to enhance the capacity of governments, employers' organization, workers' organizations, and other social and economic actors to play an effective role in the economic and social dev	Training
Action for Enterprise AFE Value Chain Program Design: Promoting Commercially Viable Solutions for MSMEs	Training
Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development The committee promotes enterprise development, particularly for small enterprises, in developing countries. It provides a forum, in which member agencies can exchange information, about their programs, and the lessons learned through those programs. The committee promotes enterprise development, particularly for small enterprises, in developing countries. It provides a forum, in which member agencies can exchange information, about their programs, and the lessons learned through those programs.	Market Development
USAID- Microenterprise A knowledge-sharing source of information, applications, and tools designed to improve the impact of USAID microenterprise programs and activities.	Market Development
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Small Enterprise Development (SED) Managed by Intercooperation and includes news, reports, papers, tools and links directed to the Swiss SED community.	Market Development
edexchange.seepnetwork.org The SEEP Network’s Enterprise Development Exchange Bringing communities of practice together to advance sustainable poverty eradication	Market Development
hamed.seepnetwork.org The SEEP Network’s HIV and Microenterprise Development - A community supporting economic strength and wellness among HIV & AIDS affected people Linking Microenterprise Development Practitioners, Public Health Professional and Policy Makers to address the challenge of HIV & AIDS	Market Development
Regoverning Markets Project A collaborative research project that analyzes growing concentration in the processing and retail sectors of national agri-food systems and considers the impacts on rural livelihoods and communities in Central and Eastern Europe, Central and South Am	Market Development
The Microfinance Gateway A comprehensive online resource for the microfinance industry. It includes research and publications, specialized resource centers, organization and consultant profiles, and the latest news, events, and job opportunities in microfinance.	Market Development
Development Gateway An interactive site that brings together people, resources, and information on development and poverty reduction.	Market Development
BDS Knowledge An interagency information exchange for sharming information about donor-supported work to make markets work for the poor, with a focus on small enterprise development. Includes links to hundreds of documents from more than 70 countries.	Market Development
Action for Enterprise Provides a strategy and tools for assessing markets and designing programs that develop value chain and support markets.	Market Development