Summary report: Artisanal and small-scale mining – agriculture linkages – final fieldwork report

This report was prepared by the e-Pact consortium with the support of Pact for DFID, for services specified in the Terms of Reference and contract of engagement. 

The Decision Support Unit is a UK Department for International Development (DFID)-financed project implemented by Oxford Policy Management (OPM) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is designed as a support function to DFID’s overall management of its Private Sector Development (PSD) programme. The DSU provides evidence and analysis aimed ultimately at improving the programme’s overall impact of increasing incomes for the poor in the DRC. In addition, the DSU provides an external learning role targeting improved implementation practices of the broader development community working in the field of economic development.

As part of a broader assessment of the context in which the PSD programme operates in DRC, the annual problematique review, the DSU is mandated to provide short-term research support as one of its deliverables. The aim of the research activity is to support the PSD programme by conducting research on issues requiring more detailed investigation as identified through other work streams, or requested by DFID DRC or the PSD programme component projects (currently ÉLAN, Essor, and the DSU), and agreed with DFID.

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