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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 WorkResearch Brief
Unlocking a regional plastics value chain between Mozambique and South Africa: Natural gas as a keyPlastics are universal and integrated into different sectors of the economy...
Feedstocks Polymers PlasticWorking Paper
Future-proofing the plastics value chain in Southern AfricaPlastics are ubiquitous across the region and play an important role in multiple industries. Most plastic products are based on a value chain that is grounded in petroleum refining, posing an environmental challenge...
Feedstocks Polymers PlasticSeminar
Anthony Black and Reena das Nair present on agro-processing and inclusive agricultural value chains
Research Brief
Developing a Malawi–South Africa value chain for industrial hemp: What are the challenges?Diversifying the agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa is important for the combat against poverty and climate change...
Contract buying Contract farming Industrial hempWorking Paper
Initial considerations for the creation of an inter-regional industrial hemp value chain between Malawi and South AfricaInterest in industrial hemp has revived in the past 20 years. Malawi is considering legalizing the cultivation of industrial hemp as an alternative cash crop to tobacco with great potential...
Contract buying Contract farming Industrial hempWorking Paper
Linking Southern Africa into South Africa’s global value chainsThis study explores the potential for South Africa to become an engine for intra- regional trade and industrial development by linking other Southern African countries to its global value chains and, in the process, improving its global trade competi...
Regional integration Regional value chains Global value chainsJournal Article
The southern African poultry value chain: Corporate strategies, investments and agro-industrial policiesPart of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities
Industrial policy Poultry Regional integrationJournal Article
Analysis of the animal feed to poultry value chain in ZambiaPart of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities
Regional value chains Southern Africa PoultryJournal Article
The implications for suppliers of the spread of supermarkets in southern AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities
Supermarkets Regional value chains StrategyJournal Article
The internationalisation of supermarkets and the nature of competitive rivalry in retailing in southern AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities
Supermarkets Regional value chains StrategyWorking Paper
The Southern African poultry value chain: Regional development versus national imperativesThis paper highlights the key strategies, both regional and domestic, that have led to the current structure of the poultry value chain in Southern Africa...
Industrial policy Poultry Regional integrationBlog
Feeding southern Africa?: Growing the animal-feed-to-poultry regional value chainIn 2016 the South African poultry sector faced intense pressure from two sides in the form of much higher input costs and increased imports of low-priced chicken from the European Union and the USA...
Regional value chains CompetitivenessWorking Paper
Analysis of the animal feed to poultry value chain in ZambiaRapid population growth, urbanization, and income growth are triggering increased demand for high-value agricultural products across Southern Africa with scope for gains from trade and regional integration...
Regional value chains Southern Africa PoultryWorking Paper
The expansion of regional supermarket chains: Implications on suppliers in Botswana and South AfricaThis paper explores the effect of the spread of supermarkets on the participation of suppliers in supermarket value chains in Botswana and South Africa...
Supermarkets Suppliers Regional value chainsWorking Paper
The expansion of regional supermarket chains and implications for local suppliers: A comparison of findings from South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and ZimbabweSince the early 2000s, there has been rapid growth in the number and spread of supermarkets in southern Africa...
Supermarkets Regional value chains Strategy