Sustainable development

KIT aims to improve the livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries through social and gender equity and sustainable economic development. On this page you find a selection of our activities in these fields.

Training

Sustainable development Local governance and rural decentralization Pro-poor value chain development Gender Training information management for development Facilitating value chain development and actor empowerment

New Boards and governance course Policies and politics of responsible land governance

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Information services

Portals Value Chains for Development Rural decentralization and local governance Rural innovation systems All KIT Portals: Free full-text resources and news

Dossiers Sustainable economic development Social investment  Branding for development Outsourcing agricultural advisory services All Dossiers

Other Access databases on Sustainable development via KIT Library

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Research

• Sustainable markets and value chains
• Rural decentralization and local governance
• Action research into women's rights

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Advisory services

• Sustainable markets and value chains
• Agricultural services for rural development
• Rights-based approaches to development
• ICT for development

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Latest

Latest books (in English or French) Putting heads together (2012) Learning and earning (2011) From sorghum to shrimp (2011) Strengthening Social Capital (2011) From Tropical Root to Responsible Food (2011) Facilitating pro-poor business (2011) Affaire juteuse ou déception amère ... (2011) Renforcer la compétitivité de l’agriculture africaine (2011) Value chain finance (2010)  Chocolate Forever (2010)

Latest articles (in English or French) Agrobusiness au Burkina Faso (2011) Addressing gender equality in agricultural value chains (2011) Irrigation et pauvreté : le cas de l’Office du Niger au Mali (2011) Le développement des chaînes de valeur au Mali (2011) Decentralisation, land tenure reforms and local institutional actors (2010)

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