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The PRA Project’s Informative Bulletin presents the ESCs’ main achievements and results in their respective Corridors.
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September 2010 (Spanish) PRA Project: A Private-Public Partnership for Poverty Reduction in Peru |
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November 2007 (Spanish)
A prosperous country for all is the dream we pursue. Through USAID’s Poverty Reduction and Alleviation Project we contribute to building this dream by promoting small, medium, and large enterprises, and mobilizing the efforts of thousands of farmers, craftsmen, ranchers, knitters, fish farmers, native communities, etc. to eradicate poverty.This issue presents an ample repertoire of successful partnerships between large and...
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Growing and redistributing incomes is a challenge for Peru, an economy with huge potential but high poverty, especially in the rural Sierra and Selva.It is not enough to redistribute already generated incomes through good tax policies and efficient social expenditure; mainly, it is necessary to redistribute the capacities to generate income. From our experience, this is associated mainly to the market and not only to increasing productive capacities.
This extensive issue reports on PRA-supported experiences in several parts of the country, which show that many small producers articulated with private companies are already connected to international markets; and that they would greatly benefit from an FTA with the U.S. Such are the cases of artichoke production by TALSA and Agromantaro SAC in the Mantaro Valley;and the formation of a cluster for the production and commercialization of trout in Huancavelica, led by Piscifactoría Los Andes.
This issue highlights, among other subjects, the successful articulation of former coca growers’ legal crops with important companies in Aguaytía; the articulation of Aguaytía’sAsociación de Productores de Cacao with Machupicchu Coffee Trading; and the connection between VRAE Unión del Valle’s peanut growers and wholesale traders.
This issue presents examples of PRA intervention in areas targeted by the new Integral Sustainable Development Program.Such is the case of the Pucallpa Corridor;of NCS American Forestaland the Sinchi Roca Native Community in the Pucallpa Corridor; and of Shambillo’s production of pineapples and bananas for Santa Isabel and Plaza Vea supermarkets
This issue presents two cases of joint work between the PRA and local enterprises in programs involving items benefited by the ATPDEA: alpaca sweaters (MakiwaninHuancayoand Royal Knit in Puno) and gold manufactures (three jewelry companies in the city of Cajamarca). We also present our development approach for small suppliers and several successful articulation experiences with small producers of snow peas, red quinoa, and coffee.
This issue shows interesting cases that illustrate the functioning of the PRA Project: the first commercial experience on the shores of the Ucayali River in articulation with companies like Procesadoraand Pulses; an important order of palm hearts by Grupo Backus; an interesting opportunity to develop the production of flowers in the Callejón de Huaylas; and the introduction of fruit from the ChanchamayoValley into the Latin American market.
Many PRA initiatives developed in the Corridors to promote a vertical integration with small producers are inspired by the enterprise-client approach. In this issue we present the PRA’s intervention in the case of the production of harsh cotton by ASFERA in the Selva; the experiences of CooperativaBagua Grande and VOLCAFE; the articulation of Huánuco’s producers of capiropotatos with Frito Lay, among others. The central pages are dedicated to Compañía de Minas Buenaventura’s US$1.1 million investment to implement ESC Huancavelica.
This issue presents some cases of joint work between the PRA and public and private institutions, such as the agreement signed with Ucayali organizations to promote Shipibo handicraft exports with a value above $100,000; the events organized with PIRKA (an NGO specialized in providing technical assistance to small clothes workshops); and the agreement with Foncodes to join efforts and ensure an efficient use of scarce resources in the fight against poverty.
This issue, which coincides with the publication of the first printed bulletin, presents the successful entry into the U.S. market of organic quinoa produced by Puno company El Altiplano; the increase in sales achieved by craftsmen from the Ayacucho Corridor; and ESC - Cajamarca’s technical support to two local mills.This issue also presents the PRA’s background, targets, strategy, and technical team, as well as interviews to James Riordan, Director of the PRA Project, and to Michael Kaiser, USAID’s Poverty Reduction Team Chief.
At the beginning of a new Presidential term, the PRA Project considers that the Government’s social policy and the role of the institutions involved need to be revisited, especially regarding three subjects: the role of the Government in the economy, the targeting of development strategies, and program orientation.This issue illustrates the PRA’s“produce what you sell” approach.
During their first year, the Economic Service Centers have worked on the creation and strengthening of Regional Support Committees in each Economic Corridor. This issue presents the cases of the Chavín Tourism Task Force, formed by several important institutions: CM-Prisma, DRITINCI, CARE Perú, the Chavín Chamber of Tourism, and the local council; and of the Cajamarca Corridor, where the ESC and the Cajamarca Chamber of Commerce have launched a Task Force to promote the expansion of the local airport.
The PRA Project promotes enterprises interested in the Peru – Brazil bilateral trade initiative through the development of three Economic Corridors, especially the Pucallpa – Manaosriver route. Production, organized mainly in the Huánuco and Huancayo Corridors, is expected to grow as profitable and sustainable trade opportunities materialize.
This issue presents a promising report on the results for the Alternative Development Zones, where significant increases in revenues and jobs have taken place.
PRA achievements reported in this issue suggest that there is substantial room for optimism: the development of a tourist route that can link Lima with the Selva in only 5 hours; ESC – Jaén’s progress in the commercialization of pineapples; and the visit of textile designer Susan Inglisand of David Schnorr, Chairman of U.S. company Quinoa Corporation.