Global Value Chains : Linking Local Producers from Developing Countries to International Markets / ed. by Jacques Trienekens, Meine Pieter van Dijk.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Part I. Theoretical Contributions -- 1. Global Value Chains -- 2. The Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) and the Private Sector -- 3. Value Chains in Developing Countries A Framework for Analysis -- Part II. Local Agricultural Value Chains -- 4. Beer multinationals Supporting Africa's Development? -- 5. Bush-to-energy Value Chains in Namibia -- Part III. International Agricultural Value Chains -- 6. Localizing Global Standards -- 7. Using a Partnership to Achieve Sustainable Development of the Palm Oil Value Chain in Malaysia -- Part IV. Value Chains in the Industrial and Services Sector -- 8. Global Competition in the Semiconductor Industry -- 9 .Business-community Partnerships -- Part V. Conclusions: Upgrading Value Chains in Developing Countries -- 10. Upgrading of Value Chains in Developing Countries -- 11. A Learning Case of a Local Value Chain -- About the Authors -- Index

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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.

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