Making Markets Work Better for the Poor - Original Framework Paper (2000)

Description
The original framework paper produced by OPM for DFID.

To achieve the Millenium Development Goal of halving world poverty by 2015, what matters is that high levels of economic growth are achieved and poor people are able to benefit from it. Markets are important because they affect the rate and patterns of growth, and the ways in which poor people can improve their livelihoods. This paper provides a framework for understanding the role of markets in reducing poverty, and for identifying ways of strengthening the pro-poor functioning of markets. It considers these questions both overall and in relation to markets for finance, labour, land, and staple foods.

This framework paper will contribute towards a shared vision of how markets can work better for the poor through assisting broadly-based growth. It is intended as a means for structuring consultation, identifying critical questions and eliciting the views of stakeholders. It considers the roles of the main private, public and non-governmental players, and the ways in which governments, and donors such as DFID, can encourage pro-poor market development. This work is linked both to the implementation of the 1997 White Paper, and to the White Paper on Globalisation. Specifically, it takes forward one of the eight priorities for action, 'Make markets work better for the poor', identified in DFID's Economic Well-Being Target Strategy Paper (Can one billion people be lifted out of poverty by 2015? Economic growth, equity and security).


Principal users are seen as a range of development practitioners, principally DFID advisers and desk officers. Other users include DFID's outside partners (developing country governments, multilateral agencies, EC member states, UK researchers, the private sector, and civil society organisations).



Associated Activities and Documents
Synthesis Documents
»	Making Markets Work (for the Poor)/M4P: Some key links, 2011