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Labour conditions in regional versus global value chains: Insights from apparel firms in Lesotho and EswatiniWe explore how decent work varies across Southern Africa apparel firms participating in global value chains (GVCs) and regional value chains (RVCs), respectively...
Regional value chains Global value chains Decent WorkWorking Paper
Pulling up or binding down: a review of upgrading trajectories in apparel and agro-processing global value chains for developing countriesThere exist a plethora of developing country value chain studies based on a variety of methodological approaches, both in the academic literature and through policy reports...
Global value chains Apparel industry Agro-processingBlog
Promoting industrialization in Africa: Global versus regional value chainsAs COVID-19 ravages international trade and production, policy-makers are shifting their sights from global value chains (GVCs) to regional value chains (RVCs) as pathways to industrialization...
Value chain directionality Textiles Apparel industryWorking Paper
Trade, technology, and absorptive capacity: Firm-level evidence across geographical clusters in the Tanzanian textiles and apparel sectorTrade-linked technological change has potential to increase incomes in low-income countries (LICs). The most labour-intensive segments of the textiles and apparel global value chain are in LICs...
Absorptive capacity Firm productivity Global value chainsWorking Paper
Value chain directionality, upgrading, and industrial policy in the Tanzanian textile and apparel sectorsWith recent changes in the global economy, policy makers are increasingly turning from global value chains to regional and national value chains as drivers of structural transformation in the global South...
Value chain directionality Textiles Apparel industryResearch Brief
Deepening regional integration in Southern AfricaRegional integration is making steady progress in Southern Africa, leading to the development of regional value chains (RVCs) that could strengthen the competitiveness of the region...
Apparel industry Automotive industry Food retailingWorking Paper
Spreading the gains?: Prospects and policies for the development of regional value chains in Southern AfricaRegional integration is making steady progress in Africa and a key objective is to improve the prospects for industrialization by expanding the regional market...
Apparel industry Automotive industry Food retailing