Global value chains linking local producers from developing countries to international markets

This important volume presents seven case studies of global value chains alongside two theoretical chapters concerning these chains. The contributors explore a wide range of issues relevant to value chains: the impact of global value chains on local upgrading strategies, the role of governance struc...

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Main Author: Dijk, Meine Pieter van
Other Authors: Trienekens, Jacques
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2012, 2012
Series:EADI
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520 |a This important volume presents seven case studies of global value chains alongside two theoretical chapters concerning these chains. The contributors explore a wide range of issues relevant to value chains: the impact of global value chains on local upgrading strategies, the role of governance structures shaping global value chains, the role of buyers in creating, monitoring and enforcing commodity specifications and of international standards in shaping the patterns of chain governance. They also consider the role of donors, governmental organisations, and civil society in influencing value c