Global value chains : linking local producers from developing countries to international markets / edited by Meine Pieter van Dijk and Jacques Trienekens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dijk, Pieter Meine van, editor.

Trienekens, Jacques, editor.

European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes.

Series:

EADI

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

Economic development.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains seven case studies of global value chains as well as a discussion of the theory behind these chains. Specifically, it examines the impact of global value chains on local upgrading strategies, as well as the role of governments, buyers, donors, and civil society in influencing value chains and the importance of partnerships as mechanisms for value chain upgrading. An impressive group of eminent scholars deliver a thorough examination of this important economic and political phenomenon.

Contents:

pt. 1. Theoretical contributions

pt. 2. Local agricultural value chains

pt. 3. International agricultural value chains

pt. 4. Value chains in the industrial and services sector

pt. 5. Conclusions : upgrading value chains in developing countries.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 10 2025)

ISBN:

9786613522580

9781280118296

1280118296

9789048514991

9048514991

OCLC:

782878260