Global value chains : linking local producers from developing countries to international markets / edited by Meine Pieter van Dijk and Jacques Trienekens
- Published
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (279 pages).
- Additional Creators
- Dijk, Meine Pieter van, Trienekens, Jacques, and European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
Access Online
- www.jstor.org , Open Access
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Restrictions on Access
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
- 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.
- Report Numbers
- JSTOR purchased
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9789048514991 (electronic bk.)
9048514991 (electronic bk.)
9089643605
9789089643605
9789048516346
904851634X
9781280118296
1280118296 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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