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

Global Value Chains; Table of Contents; Part I Theoretical Contributions; 1 Global Value Chains An Overview of the Issues and Concepts; 2 The Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) and the Private Sector A Value Chain Research Approach; 3 Value Chains in Developing Countries A Framework for Analysis; Part II Local Agricultural Value Chains; 4 Beer multinationals Supporting Africa's Development? How Partnerships Include Smallholders into Sorghum-beer Supply Chains; 5 Bush-to-energy Value Chains in Namibia Institutional Challenges for Pro-poor Rural Development

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

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.