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

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (279 pages).
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Series EADI
EADI.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary 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.
Language English.
Subject International trade.
International economic relations.
Economic development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
Economics, finance, business and management.
Economics.
Development economics.
Economic development. (OCoLC)fst00901785
International economic relations. (OCoLC)fst00976891
International trade. (OCoLC)fst00977128
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Added Author Dijk, Meine Pieter van.
Trienekens, Jacques.
European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes.
Other Form: Print version: Global value chains. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012 9789089643605 (OCoLC)793203082
ISBN 9789048514991 (electronic bk.)
9048514991 (electronic bk.)
9789048516346 (electronic bk.)
904851634X (electronic bk.)
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