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Supplier upgrading
Working Paper
Pulling up or binding down: a review of upgrading trajectories in apparel and agro-processing global value chains for developing countries

There 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-processing
Working Paper
The role of supermarket chains in developing food, other fast-moving consumer goods and consumer goods suppliers in regional markets

Supermarkets are strong catalysts to stimulate the growth and development of producers and suppliers of processed food and manufactured products in Southern Africa...

Supermarkets Supplier upgrading Industrialization
Research Brief
Supermarkets and regional growth in Southern Africa

Supermarkets are potential partners in regional industrial development and should be considered in future policy making While the growth of supermarkets in the region has improved competitive pricing and accessibility to a broader range of products a...

Southern Africa Economic growth Regional growth
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